Hi Randy, I have just posted draft-bonica-special-purpose-05. I hope that this version addressed the issues that we discussed, off-line. Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald Bonica > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 10:49 AM > To: 'Randy Bush'; IETF Disgust > Subject: RE: draft-bonica-special-purpose-04.txt > > Hi Randy, > > It seems that we need one or both or the following: > > - a better title for the new column > - a better definition to be associated with that column > > Any suggestions? > > Ron > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf > > Of Randy Bush > > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 9:45 AM > > To: IETF Disgust > > Subject: draft-bonica-special-purpose-04.txt > > > > i remain confused. i am not being pedantic just to be a pita. i > > really worry that this document will be used to justtify strange > > brokenness. > > > > from my 2012.11.29 message: > > > > > are the following definitions > > > > > > o Routable - A boolean value indicating whether a IP datagram > > whose > > > destination address is drawn from the allocated special- > purpose > > > address block is routable (i.e., may traverse more than a > > single > > > IP interface) > > > > > > o Global - A boolean value indicating whether a IP datagram > whose > > > destination address is drawn from the allocated special- > purpose > > > address block is routable beyond a specified administrative > > > domain. > > > > > > intended to be baked in hardware, or are they SHOULDs to operators? > > i > > > look at RFC 1918 space and 127.0.0.0/8 and am not so sure how hard > > > these boundaries are meant to be. i worry because i think we > regret > > > how we specified (threw away is more like it) E space. > > > > > > does the prefix describes a specific prefix length or a covering > > range? > > > > > > e.g. 192.0.0.0/24 is neither routable nor global, while a subnet, > > > 192.0.0.0/29, is routable. i.e. might i route and forward > > > 192.0.0.128/25? > > > > another annoying example. > > > > 0.0.0.0/8 is said to be not routable, yet we commonly announce it in > > bgp (or igp) and propagate it. a protocol implmentor reading this > > document would be justified in preventing the injection of 0.0.0.0/8 > > into a routing protocol. [ let's not get into that it is commonly in > > the fib. ] > > > > randy