A request to IETF / IANA to Allocate a 32bit Link-Local Prefix

A request to IETF / IANA to Allocate a 32bit Link-Local Prefix CEA, LIST

CEA Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette Ile-de-France

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Internet 6MAN Working Group IPv6, link-local, subnet, IANA, fe80 This draft requests IETF / IANA to assign the link local prefix fe80:1::/32.

The prefix of an IP address is formed by the n leftmost bits of the address. (in a left-to-right writing system).

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.

There can be security risks in the use of link-local addressed packets if they are not protected by tecnologies like IPsec. The risks are valid to all kinds of link-local addresses, be them fe80::/10 or fe80::/64.

IANA is requested to assign fe80:1::/32.

Listed from 6man WG discussion.

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