> On 16 Dec 2016, at 15:05, Martin Bjorklund <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Ladislav Lhotka <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 16 Dec 2016, at 14:39, Juergen Schoenwaelder
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Lada,
>>>
>>> when would I use link-layer and when link-local? Perhaps all needed is
>>> a clarification of the description of link-layer? (Perhaps link-local
>>
>> The distinction between SLAAC and link-local address is IMO also important.
>>
>>> would have been a better name but too late now...)
>>
>> That's why I believe the draconian update rules in sec. 11 of RFC
>> 7950 are seriously counterproductive (at this stage at least). We
>> should simply fix such mistakes and omissions in a new revision of
>> ietf-ip, because otherwise the modules will soon be full of
>> rubbish.
>
> I agree w/ Acee that the name 'link-layer' is more appropriate for the
> *origin* of the address.
That's possible for link-local but not for SLAAC, which is an L3 mechanism.
So a fix might be:
1. Change description of "link-layer" to include link-local addresses.
2. Add a new enum, e.g. "slaac".
Lada
>
> If you manually configure a link-local address the origin would be
> 'static'.
>
>
> /martin
>
>
>>> An RFC 3927 address could also be a 'random' address. In fact, the
>>> 169.254/16 prefix kind of hings at RFC 3927 addresses falling under
>>> 'random'.
>>
>> OK, so adding 3927 to "reference" should suffice in this case.
>>
>> Lada
>>
>>>
>>> /js
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 02:33:04PM +0100, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I think that one important enum is missing in the "ip-address-origin"
>>>> typedef:
>>>>
>>>> enum link-local {
>>>> description
>>>> "Indicates a link-local address.";
>>>> reference
>>>> "RFC 3927: Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses
>>>> RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture";
>>>>
>>>> Would an erratum be possible/useful?
>>>>
>>>> Lada
>>>>
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