2001:10::/28 allocated to ORCHID for HIP usage

[Julien Laganier]

On Tuesday 27 March 2007 11:49, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> [CC'ing the draft authors so that they might clarify
> what I most likely misunderstand ;) ]

[Not sure my message will make it through v6ops as I'm 
not subscribed; feel free to forward] 

> ORCHID = Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash
> Identifiers.
>
> Draft:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-laganier-i
>pv6-khi-07.txt
>
> IANA Special Purpose Registry:
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv6-special-re
>gistry
>
> From my understanding of the above draft, the
> 2001:10::/28 address space will NOT be routed.

Your understanding is correct.

> 8<--------------------------------------------------
> This document introduces Overlay
> Routable Cryptographic Hash Identifiers (ORCHID) as
> a new, experimental class of IPv6-address- like
> identifiers.  These identifiers are intended to be
> used as end- point identifiers at applications and
> Application Programming Interfaces (API) and not as
> identifiers for network location at the IP layer,
> i.e., locators.
> -------------------------------------------------->8
>
> As such.... I am marking this prefix with a sort of
> fuchsia color in GRH, just in case it pops up, which
> it should not.

Yup.

> See: http://www.sixxs.net/tools/grh/bogons/#orchid
> 8<---------------------------------------- ORCHID
>
> The ORCHID (Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash
> Identifiers) prefix (2001:10::/28) as specified in
> draft-laganier-ipv6-khi-07.txt, falls under the IANA
> IPv6 Special Purpose Address Registry RFC4773). It
> is a non-routed part of the IPv6 address space used
> for Cryptographic Hash Identifiers. As per the above
> draft, this address space is non-routed and thus
> should not appear in BGP.
> 
---------------------------------------------------->8
>
> Anybody anything to add about this? Except that it
> is a great idea to do HIP experiments of course!

Nothing to add, the text looks good.

Best,

--julien