Subject: [Autoconf] Mandatory /128 prefix length forbids the use of IPv6 link-local addresses?

From: Alexandru Petrescu <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:39:17 +0200

Mandatory /128 prefix length forbids the use of IPv6 link-local addresses?

The current DT draft says:
> 6.2. IPv6 Model
> 
> 
>    For IPv6, the principles described in Section 4 and Section 5
>    translate as such:
> 
>    o  An IP address configured on this interface should be unique, at
>       least within the routing domain, and
> 
>    o  A subnet prefix configured on this interface should be of length
>       /128.
 > [section 6.2 ends here]

IPv6 link-local addresses have a prefix /64 in implementations and /10
in the specs.

Does this mean that the section 6.2 effectively forbids the use of IPv6
link-local addresses?

Alex