Re: Choice of network space when numbering interfaces with IPv6 (IPv6 STANDARDS)

[Mark Smith <nanog () 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc nosense org>]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:52:31 -0400
Bill Bogstad <bogstad () pobox com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Kevin Oberman <oberman () es net> wrote:
> > > Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:40:41 +1030
> > > From: Mark Smith <nanog () 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc nosense org>
> > >
> > > On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:31:22 +0100
> > > Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-6man-prefixlen-p2p-00.txt
> > >
> > > Drafts are drafts, and nothing more, aren't they?
> >
> > Drafts are drafts. Even most RFCs are RFCs and nothing more. Only a
> > handful have ever been designated as "Standards". I hope this becomes
> > one of those in the hope it will be taken seriously. (It already is by
> > anyone with a large network running IPv6.)
>
> And none of the listed IETF "full standards" are IPv6 related.  That
> seems a little bit odd to me given that everyone is supposed to have
> implemented them by now.

The IETF standards process is different to other standards
organisations - publication of an RFC doesn't make it a standard. It is
much more pragmatic, as operational history is also used as an input
into the decision.

> Bill Bogstad