The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Transmission of IPv6 over MS/TP Networks' (draft-ietf-6lo-6lobac-08.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Suresh Krishnan and Terry Manderson. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lo-6lobac/ Technical Summary Master-Slave/Token-Passing (MS/TP) is a medium access control method for the RS-485 physical layer, which is used extensively in building automation networks. This specification defines the frame format for transmission of IPv6 packets and the method of forming link-local and statelessly autoconfigured IPv6 addresses on MS/TP networks in the context of 6loWPAN specifications ( RFC4944, RFC6282, RFC6775). Working Group Summary Due to the nature of MS/TP (wired constraiend network) deployment and its requirement on compressed header format, the author expressed concerns over draft-ietf-6man-default-iids restrictions and suggestions for using privacy addresses as default for link-local Ipv6 addresses. https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/6lo/current/msg01423.html Section 6 of the document addresses privacy while forming the forwardable IPv6 address. Document Quality The document has been reviewed and discussed by many 6lo experts in the WG including Carsten Bormann, Dave Thaler, Samita Chakrabarti, Peter van Der Stock, James Woodyatt, Alex Petrescue, Geoff Mulligan, Don Sturek etc. - some on-line and some of them provided comments off-line. An implementation of lobac exists and they participated on a 6lo plugtest in Yokohama IETF94. Since the document is closely co-ordinated with ASHER/BACNET Building networks SDO, it is assumed that many other vendors will adopt the solution once it is a published RFC. Personnel Document Shepherd is Samita Chakrabarti Responsible AD is Suresh Krishnan
