[DNSOP] Re: [Ext] Re: [v6ops] Re: Re: Re: Mo ving DNS64 (RFC6147) to Internet Standard

Michael Richardson <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:47:30 -0400

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Paul Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote:
    > As a process issue, I don't think that DNS64 can be moved to Internet
    > Standard and at the same time add wording to it that says how it should
    > or should not be used on the Internet.

We are allowed to edit/clarify when we move to IS.
(We are also strongly encouraged to rip out anything that has no deployment)

    > I also don't think RFC 6147 *has* to be moved to Internet Standard at
    > the same time as other IPv6ish things are being moved up. Because of
    > the significant amount of hesitancy shown, I don't think it is
    > appropriate to move the standard up without a revision of its use and
    > applicability statements. If those are accepted, it can be moved to IS
    > a few years later.

I see removing applicability to be consistent with going to IS.
We nuked IA_TA out of DHCPv6 (STD102) between 8415 and 9915.
{Temporary addresses are obsoleted)
It's not forbidden. It's just obsolete going forward.

I think that the only time we have to reset the timer is when we change bits
in the wire.

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