> I have a concern about that specified rule of "bits 64 to 71" doesn't protect 
> the semantics 
> of the u/g bit. In the case of adopting WKP, the U-bits should be 1, since 
> WKP is only 
> concatenated with global IPv4 address to guarantee the uniqueness of 
> IPv4-Converted 
> IPv6 addresses. Following statement is quoted from 
> draft-ietf-bahave-address-format-03.
> 
> "When using a /96 prefix, the administrators MUST ensure that the bits 64 to 
> 71 are set to zero."
> 
> If this rule is applied to WKP case, it might even break the semantics of the 
> u/g bit.

No.

The "uniqueness" property is defined as "guaranteed to not collide with an 
IEEE802 identifier." IPv4 addresses do not have that property.

Besides, the WKP prefix (64:FF9B::/96) falls in the ::/8 range reserved for the 
IETF, the only range in which the U/G requirements do not apply.

-- Christian Huitema


 
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