IPng - Recommendations

The list

• Current address assignment policies are adequate.
• There is no current need to reclaim underutilized assigned network numbers.
• There is no current need to renumber major portions of the Internet.
• CIDR - style assignments of parts of unassigned Class A address space should be considered.
• Simple Internet Protocol Plus (SIPP) Spec (128 bit version) be adopted as the basis for IPng.
• An IPng Working Group be formed, chaired by S. Deering and R. Callon.
• R. Hinden be the document editor for the IPng effort.
• An IPng Reviewer be appointed and that D. Clark be the reviewer.
• An Address Autoconfiguration Working Group be formed, chaired by D. Katz and S. Thomson.
• An IPng Transition Working Group be formed, chaired by B. Gilligan and TBA.
• The Transition and Coexistence including testing Working Group chartered.
• Recommendations about the use of non-IPv6 addresses in IPv6 environments and IPv6 addresses in non-IPv6 environments be developed.
• The IESG commission a review of all IETF standards documents for IPng implications.
• the IESG task current IETF working groups to take IPng into account.
• the IESG charter new working groups where needed to revise old standards documents.
• Informational RFCs be solicited or developed describing a few specific IPng APIs.
• The IPng Area and Area Directorate continue until main documents are offered as Proposed Standards in late 1994.
• Support for the Authentication Header be required.
• Support for a specific authentication algorithm be required.
• Support for the Privacy Header be required.
• Support for a specific privacy algorithm be required.
• An "IPng framework for firewalls" be developed.