[ppml] draft-ietf-ipv6-ula-central-02.txt use cases

[Paul Vixie]

From: Scott Leibrand <sleibrand at internap.com>
> Paul Vixie wrote:
> 
> > but i don't think you (scott liebrand) are in favour of central-02 as
> > written and i know i'm not either.  so it's jarring to hear you say "ULA-C
> > is the best middle ground we have".  the ULA-C on the table isn't the one
> > you've advocated.
> 
> I much prefer the text you've proposed to that in
> draft-ietf-ipv6-ula-central-02.txt.  I also agree with you that the random
> permanent allocations are somewhat inconsistent with the need to maintain
> reverse DNS.  Thank you for suggesting better language, so I didn't have to.
> ...

for reference, here's the text scott is referring to, posted to ipv6 at ietf.org
last night:

Paul Vixie wrote:
> these are my comments on the following I-D:
>
>> 	Title      : Centrally Assigned Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses
>> 	Author(s)  : R. Hinden, B. Haberman
>> 	Filename   : draft-ietf-ipv6-ula-central-02.txt
>> 	Pages      : 11
>> 	Date       : 2007-6-18
>>
>> <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipv6-ula-central-02.txt>
>
> first, in 3.1, this table:
>
>       | 7 bits |1|  40 bits   |  16 bits  |          64 bits           |
>       +--------+-+------------+-----------+----------------------------+
>       | Prefix |L| Global ID  | Subnet ID |        Interface ID        |
>       +--------+-+------------+-----------+----------------------------+
>
> should be replaced with this one:
>
>       | 7 bits |1|  8 bits  | 16 bits | 16 bits | 80 bits  |
>       +--------+-+----------+---------+---------+----------+
>       | Prefix |L| Reserved | RIR Num | LIR Num | User Num |
>       +--------+-+----------+---------+---------+----------+
>
> where "Prefix" and "L" are defined as shown in central-02, and the other
> fields are defined as follows:
>
>      Reserved            Set to 0 by all implementors of this specification,
>                          but may be set to nonzero by implementors of a later
>                          specification.
>
>      RIR Num             Identifiers assigned by IANA for each /16 as
>                          allocated to an Regional Internet Address Registry
>                          (RIR).  For direct allocations by IANA, the value
>                          of zero (0x0000) is reserved.
>
>      LIR Num             Identifiers assigned by RIR for each /32 as
>                          allocated to a Local Internet Address Registry (LIR).
>                          For direct allocations by an RIR, the value of zero
>                          (0x0000) is reserved.
>
>      User Num            Identifier assigned by an end user or network
>                          operator who implements this specification.
>
> second, delete all of section 3.2 including subsections 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3.
>
> third, replace section 7.0 with the following:
>
> ---
>
> 7.0 IANA Considerations
>
>     IANA is hereby instructed to reserve address block FC::/7 for private
>     unique addresses, and to allocate /32 blocks to Regional Internet
> Address Registries (RIRs) who request same after adopting policies
>     consistent with this specification.  Allocation shall be similar in
>     all ways to normal IANA address allocation to RIRs, including but not
>     limited to IN-ADDR.ARPA delegations and WHOIS records.
>
> ---
>
> Paul Vixie
> not speaking for ISC
> not speaking for ARIN