Subject: [6lowpan] Fwd: [Autoconf] Document Action: 'IP Addressing Model in Ad Hoc Networks' to Informational RFC

From: Zach Shelby <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:19:29 -0700

For those of you not on ietf-announce, the IESG has just approved the autoconf addressing model as an RFC, which is an important reference for us in 6lowpan-nd. Nice!

Zach

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> From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
> Date: March 23, 2010 8:29:48 PDT
> To: IETF-Announce <[email-masked]>
> Cc: autoconf mailing list <[email-masked]>, autoconf chair <[email-masked]>, Internet Architecture Board <[email-masked]>, RFC Editor <[email-masked]>
> Subject: [Autoconf] Document Action: 'IP Addressing Model in Ad Hoc Networks' to Informational RFC
> 
> The IESG has approved the following document:
> 
> - 'IP Addressing Model in Ad Hoc Networks '
>   <draft-ietf-autoconf-adhoc-addr-model-03.txt> as an Informational RFC
> 
> 
> This document is the product of the Ad-Hoc Network Autoconfiguration Working Group. 
> 
> The IESG contact persons are Jari Arkko and Ralph Droms.
> 
> A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-autoconf-adhoc-addr-model-03.txt
> 
> Technical Summary
> 
>   This document describes a model for configuring IP addresses and
>   subnet prefixes on the interfaces of routers which connect to links
>   with undetermined connectivity properties. While the considerations
>   in this document are general, they are specifically written with the
>   most stringent requirements of MANETs in mind; essentially, a router
>   configured according to the principles set forth in this document
>   will be able to support operation of a MANET routing protocol.
> 
> Working Group Summary
> 
>   Variations of this document have been in the working group process
>   for four years. Earlier incarnations attempted to specify much more
>   than this document does. In 2009, the working group was rechartered
>   to focus on documenting *a* workable address configuration model,
>   as opposed to attempting to describe all possible theoretical models.
>   The model described in this document is the one most widely used
>   by networks that employ ad hoc routing techniques.
> 
>   The recommendation in the document to not use
>   Link Local addresses for operation over interfaces towards links with
>   undetermined connectivity properties was not unanimous, and on this
>   point, consensus was rough.
> 
> Document Quality
> 
>   While the document does not specify a protocol, there are about a
>   decade of experience with running MANETs in which routers have
>   their interfaces configured according to the recommendations in this
>   document.
> 
> Personnel
> 
>   Ryuji Wakikawa is the Document Shepherd, and Jari Arkko is
>   the responsible Area Director.
> 
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