errrrrrrr

Tom Petch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Suresh Krishnan" <[email protected]>
To: "Brian Haberman" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation AUTH48 change


> Hi Brian,
>
> On 10-08-04 11:58 AM, Brian Haberman wrote:
> > Seiichi,
> >
> >      First off, this type of change is not appropriate for AUTH48.
>
> I am not certain whether this is appropriate, but I think this issue
> should be fixed before publication. Otherwise the document fails to
> achieve its stated goal. e.g. An address
>
> 2001:db8:0:0:0:0:2:1
>
> can still show up as either
>
> 2001:db8:0:0:0:0:2:1 or 2001:db8::2:1

No it cannot
>>    The use of the symbol "::" MUST be used to its maximum capability.
tells me utterly and explicitly that the second of these two is right and that
the first is wrong! IMHO!

>
> and still be compliant to this document.
>
> My original suggestion to fix this was to add a sub section
>
> 4.2.0 Mandatory usage
>     If the address contains at least two consecutive 16-bit 0 fields,
> "::" MUST be used to compress consecutive 16-bit 0 fields as described
> in the following sections.
>
> I also like Roman's suggested text.
>
> Cheers
> Suresh
>
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