(most of the discussion seems to be revolving around a simple, to me,
phrasing problem, but)

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Hemant Singh (shemant)
<[email protected]> wrote:

> We are discussing off-link model and RFC 5942 is described in this RFC.
> Further, when an interface of a router acquires an IPv6 address or
> receives an RA, the interface is acting as a host.
>

anyone that configures a router with RA is headed for disaster
anyway... (not a cpe device mind you, though most of those will get
addressing via pppoe/pd and not RA so...)

I think the case that maz/miyao outlined is a normal internet backbone
router, it has many interfaces (several hundred), it has many (several
hundred) bgp sessions to neighbors. today the interfaces are being
configured as /127's in some cases.

This draft, which I support as being a working group item (we really
should just discuss that portion first, then argue language issues),
only seeks to clarify that using /127's (or for thayler: "two
addresses on a single link, which may coincidentally be adjacent
addresses") is common operations practice and should be supported by
routing equipment vendors.

-chris
(can we call the question in a clean/new email about adoption pls?
There was interest in the room for same.)
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