On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Michel Py wrote:
> > > > Pekka Savola wrote:
> > > > So, I believe everything starting from:
> > > >  [ARCH] also requires that all unicast addresses, except those
> > > >  that start with binary value 000, have Interface IDs that are
> > > >  64 bits long   and to be constructed in Modified EUI-64 format.
> > > >  The format of global unicast address in this case is: [...]
> > > >  should be removed, if not the whole section.
> > >
> > > I think it should be kept. There is a logical progression in section
> > > 3.0, from n|m|128-n-m to n|64-n|64 to 3|45|16|64. Only the last one is
> > > an example, but the progression from the generic v6 format seems very
> > > logical to me and examples are generally good.
> > 
> > A reference to the IESG/IAB recommendation -- or the RIPE policy document
> > -- is clear enough, IMO.
> > 
> > And this avoids the follow-up issue that it isn't IMO the good thing to
> > have _IETF_ document decisions made by _RIR_'s.
> 
> This hasn't happened. We are trying to publish something that stops
> at the point where IANA delegation starts.

My perception is that the /48 "border" is inside the IANA delegation. (As 
is /64, but that's a different issue).

-- 
Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

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