| draft-ietf-ipngwg-unicast-aggr-03.txt | draft-ietf-ipngwg-unicast-aggr-04.txt | |||
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| INTERNET-DRAFT R. Hinden, Nokia | INTERNET-DRAFT R. Hinden, Nokia | |||
| January 22, 1998 M. O'Dell, UUNET | March 13, 1998 M. O'Dell, UUNET | |||
| S. Deering, Cisco | S. Deering, Cisco | |||
| An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format | An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format | |||
| <draft-ietf-ipngwg-unicast-aggr-03.txt> | <draft-ietf-ipngwg-unicast-aggr-04.txt> | |||
| Status of this Memo | Status of this Memo | |||
| This document is an Internet Draft. Internet Drafts are working | This document is an Internet Draft. Internet Drafts are working | |||
| documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its Areas, | documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its Areas, | |||
| and its Working Groups. Note that other groups may also distribute | and its Working Groups. Note that other groups may also distribute | |||
| working documents as Internet Drafts. | working documents as Internet Drafts. | |||
| Internet Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six | Internet Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six | |||
| months. Internet Drafts may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by | months. Internet Drafts may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by | |||
| other documents at any time. It is not appropriate to use Internet | other documents at any time. It is not appropriate to use Internet | |||
| Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as a | Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as a | |||
| ``working draft'' or ``work in progress.'' | ``working draft'' or ``work in progress.'' | |||
| Please check the 1id-abstracts.txt listing contained in the internet- | Please check the 1id-abstracts.txt listing contained in the internet- | |||
| drafts Shadow Directories on nic.ddn.mil, nnsc.nsf.net, | drafts Shadow Directories on nic.ddn.mil, nnsc.nsf.net, | |||
| nic.nordu.net, ftp.nisc.sri.com, or munnari.oz.au to learn the | nic.nordu.net, ftp.nisc.sri.com, or munnari.oz.au to learn the | |||
| current status of any Internet Draft. | current status of any Internet Draft. | |||
| This internet draft expires on August 22, 1998. | This internet draft expires on September 13, 1998. | |||
| 1.0 Introduction | 1.0 Introduction | |||
| This document defines an IPv6 aggregatable global unicast address | This document defines an IPv6 aggregatable global unicast address | |||
| format for use in the Internet. The address format defined in this | format for use in the Internet. The address format defined in this | |||
| document is consistent with the IPv6 Protocol [IPV6] and the ''IPv6 | document is consistent with the IPv6 Protocol [IPV6] and the ''IPv6 | |||
| Addressing Architecture'' [ARCH]. It is designed to facilitate | Addressing Architecture'' [ARCH]. It is designed to facilitate | |||
| scalable Internet routing. | scalable Internet routing. | |||
| This documented replaces RFC 2073, ''An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast | This documented replaces RFC 2073, ''An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast | |||
| Address Format''. RFC 2073 will become historic. | Address Format''. RFC 2073 will become historic. The Aggregatable | |||
| Global Unicast Address Format is an improvement over RFC 2073 in a | ||||
| number of areas. The major changes include removal of the registry | ||||
| bits because they are not needed for route aggregation, support of | ||||
| EUI-64 based interface identifiers, support of provider and exchange | ||||
| based aggregation, separation of public and site topology, and new | ||||
| aggregation based terminology. | ||||
| The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", | The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", | |||
| "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this | "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this | |||
| document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119]. | document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119]. | |||
| 2.0 Overview of the IPv6 Address | 2.0 Overview of the IPv6 Address | |||
| IPv6 addresses are 128-bit identifiers for interfaces and sets of | IPv6 addresses are 128-bit identifiers for interfaces and sets of | |||
| interfaces. There are three types of addresses: Unicast, Anycast, | interfaces. There are three types of addresses: Unicast, Anycast, | |||
| and Multicast. This document defines a specific type of Unicast | and Multicast. This document defines a specific type of Unicast | |||
| skipping to change at page 11, line 8 | skipping to change at page 11, line 8 | |||
| 7.0 Security Considerations | 7.0 Security Considerations | |||
| IPv6 addressing documents do not have any direct impact on Internet | IPv6 addressing documents do not have any direct impact on Internet | |||
| infrastructure security. Authentication of IPv6 packets is defined | infrastructure security. Authentication of IPv6 packets is defined | |||
| in [AUTH]. | in [AUTH]. | |||
| 8.0 Authors' Addresses | 8.0 Authors' Addresses | |||
| Robert M. Hinden phone: 1 408 990-2004 | Robert M. Hinden phone: 1 408 990-2004 | |||
| Nokia . email: hinden@ipsilon.com | Nokia . email: hinden@iprg.nokia.com | |||
| 232 Java Drive | 232 Java Drive | |||
| Sunnyvale, CA 94089 | Sunnyvale, CA 94089 | |||
| USA | USA | |||
| Mike O'Dell phone: 1 703 206-5890 | Mike O'Dell phone: 1 703 206-5890 | |||
| UUNET Technologies, Inc. email: mo@uunet.uu.net | UUNET Technologies, Inc. email: mo@uunet.uu.net | |||
| 3060 Williams Drive | 3060 Williams Drive | |||
| Fairfax, VA 22030 | Fairfax, VA 22030 | |||
| USA | USA | |||
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