Suresh,
On Mar 21, 2007, at 1:42 AM, Suresh Krishnan wrote:
Hi Folks,
Some RFCs (I know of at least 2, RFC2526 and RFC4214) reserve a
set of interface identifiers on all prefixes. These identifiers
need to be excluded when a node autoconfigures an address. This
problem occurs with privacy addresses but is equally applicable to
other address assigment methods like dhcpv6, cga etc. As Bernie
suggested in a mail it would be good to maintain a list of such
identifiers. This is possible by either listing the currently
assigned IIDs in a document, or by creating an IANA registry. The
former is useful if there will be no such allocations in the future
and the later is useful if there will be future allocations. I have
written a draft regarding this and I was wondering if the wg
considers this to be useful work worth pursuing. I would also like
to know if there are any other RFCs/drafts which depend on using
specific IIDs.
I agree with the discussion that this sounds like a good idea. Could
you provide a summary of the current IID forms? It would help for
everyone to understand the issue. Or better, could you write an ID
that describes the issue and defines the initial IANA registry.
Thanks,
Bob
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