working group is working in this area.
o Deprecated the Site-Local unicast prefix. Changes include the
following:
- Removed Site-Local from special list of prefixes in Section
2.4.
- Split section titled "Local-use IPv6 Unicast Addresses" into
two sections, "Link-Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses" and "Site-
Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses".
- Added text to new section describing Site-Local deprecation.
o Changes to resolve issues raised in IAB response to Robert Elz
appeal. Changes include the following:
- Added clarification to Section 2.5 that nodes should make no
assumptions about the structure of an IPv6 address.
- Changed the text in Section 2.5.1 and Appendix A to refer to
the Modified EUI-64 format interface identifiers with the "u"
bit set to one (1) as universal.
- Added clarification to Section 2.5.1 that IPv6 nodes are not
required to validate that interface identifiers created in
Modified EUI-64 format with the "u" bit set to one are unique.
o Changed the reference indicated in Section 2.5.4 "Global Unicast
Addresses" to RFC 3587.
o Removed mention of NSAP addresses in examples.
o Clarified that the "x" in the textual representation can be one to
four digits.
o Deprecated the "IPv6 Compatible Address" because it is not being
used in the IPv6 transition mechanisms.
o Added the "R" and "P" flags to Section 2.7 on multicast addresses,
and pointers to the documents that define them.
o Editorial changes.
Authors’ Addresses
Robert M. Hinden
Nokia
313 Fairchild Drive
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
Phone: +1 650 625-2004
EMail: bob.hinden@nokia.com
Stephen E. Deering
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134-1706
USA
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