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INTERNET-DRAFT R. Hinden, Ipsilon Networks
May 27, 1997 R. Fink, LBNL
J. Postel, ISI
IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
<draft-ietf-ipngwg-testv2-addralloc-00.txt>
Status of this Memo
This document is an Internet Draft. Internet Drafts are working
documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its Areas,
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This draft expires in November 27, 1997.
1.0 Introduction
This document describes an allocation plan for IPv6 addresses to be
used in testing IPv6 prototype software. These addresses are
temporary and will be reclaimed in the future. Any IPv6 system using
these addresses will have to renumber at some time in the future.
These addresses will not to be routable in the Internet other than
for IPv6 testing.
This document is intended to replace RFC1897 "IPv6 Testing Address
Allocation", January 1996. RFC1897 will become historic.
The addresses described in this document are consistent with the IPv6
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Addressing Architecture [ARCH]. They may be assigned to nodes
manually, with IPv6 Auto Address Allocation [AUTO], or with DHCP for
IPv6 [DHCPv6].
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119].
2.0 Address Format
The address format for the IPv6 test address is consistent with the
aggregatable global unicast address allocation [AGGR] which is as
follows:
| 3 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 64 bits |
+---+-----+-----------+--------+--------------------------------+
|FP | TLA | NLA* | SLA* | Interface ID |
+---+-----+-----------+--------+--------------------------------+
where:
FP = 001 = Format Prefix
This is the Format Prefix used to identify aggregatable
global unicast addresses.
TLA = 0x1FFE = Top Level Aggregator
This is a TLA assigned by the IANA for 6bone testing under
the auspices of the IETF IPng Transition Working Group 6bone
testbed activity. It is to be administered by the chair of
the 6bone activity (Bob Fink at the present time). The use
of this TLA is temporary. All users of these addresses in
this TLA will be required to renumber at some time in the
future.
NLA* = Next-Level Aggregator(s)
The NLA* space will be assigned, by the TLA administrator, in
an addressing hierarchy sufficient to identify transit
networks and end user sites consistent with the architecture
and topology of the 6bone. This will provide a multi-level
transit service consistent with the 6bone goals of fully
testing IPv6 technology in real use environments.
SLA* = Site-Level Aggregator(s)
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The SLA* field is used by an individual organization to
create its own local addressing hierarchy and to identify
subnets. Assignment of the SLA* field is the responsibility
of each individual organization.
Interface ID
This is the interface identifier of the interface on the link
as defined in the appropriate IPv6 over <link> document, such
as [ETHER], [FDDI], etc.
4.0 References
[ARCH] Hinden, R., "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture",
Internet Draft, <draft-ietf-ipngwg-addr-arch-00.txt>, May
1997.
[AGGR] Hinden, R., Deering, S., O'Dell, M., "An Aggregatable
Global Unicast Address Format", internet draft, <draft-
ietf-ipngwg-unicast-aggr-00.txt>, May 1997.
[AUTO] Thompson, S., Narten T., "IPv6 Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration", RFC1971, August 1996.
[DHCP6] Bound, J., "Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6", Internet
Draft, <draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-02.txt>, July 1995.
[ETHER] Crawford, M., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet
Networks", Internet Draft, <draft-ietf-ipngwg-trans-
ethernet-00.txt>, March 1997.
[FDDI] Crawford, M., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over FDDI
Networks", Internet Draft, <draft-ietf-ipngwg-trans-fddi-
net-00.txt>, March 1997.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", RFC2119, BCP14, March 1997.
5.0 Security Considerations
Documents of this type do not directly impact the security of the
Internet infrastructure or its applications.
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6.0 Authors Address
Robert M. Hinden phone: +1 408 990-2004
Ipsilon Networks, Inc. email: hinden@ipsilon.com
232 Java Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA
Robert Fink phone: +1 510 486-5692
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory email: rlfink@lbl.gov
MS 50A-3111
Berkeley, CA 94720
USA
Jon Postel phone: +1 310 822 1511
Information Sciences Institute email: postel@isi.edu
4676 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
USA
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