Subject: [Errata Rejected] RFC6106 (4864)

From: RFC Errata System <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 14:04:36 -0800 (PST)

The following errata report has been rejected for RFC6106,
"IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6106&eid=4864

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Status: Rejected
Type: Technical

Reported by: Robin Johnson <[email-masked]>
Date Reported: 2016-11-14
Rejected by: Suresh Krishnan (IESG)

Section: 5.2.

Original Text
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Length:
8-bit unsigned integer.  The length of the option
(including the Type and Length fields) is in units of
8 octets.  The minimum value is 2 if at least one
domain name is contained in the option.  The Length
field is set to a multiple of 8 octets to accommodate
all the domain names in the field of Domain Names of
DNS Search List.

Corrected Text
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Length:
8-bit unsigned integer.  The length of the option
(including the Type and Length fields) is in units of
8 octets.  The minimum value is 2 if at least one
domain name is contained in the option.  The Length
field is set to a multiple of 8 octets to accommodate
all the domain names in the field of Domain Names of
DNS Search List.

The exact maximum value supported by a given network
is dictated by the MTU of the link, because the
Router Advertisement MUST NOT be fragmented as per
RFC6980#section5. The lowest possible MTU of 1280
results in a lower bound for the maximum value of 148
(representing 1192 octets).

Notes
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While the submitter's point is valid, there is not much that can be done on a per-option basis. Even if this option is sized so that it does not result in the fragmentation of the RA message, there might be other options that do. That is why the restriction for non-fragmentation is specified in a separate document and not in each document that defines an ND option.
 --VERIFIER NOTES-- 
While the submitter's point is valid, there is not much that can be done on a per-option basis. Even if this option is sized so that it does not result in the fragmentation of the RA message, there might be other options that do. That is why the restriction for non-fragmentation is specified in a separate document and not in each document that defines an ND option.

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RFC6106 (draft-ietf-6man-dns-options-bis-08)
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Title               : IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
Publication Date    : November 2010
Author(s)           : J. Jeong, S. Park, L. Beloeil, S. Madanapalli
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : IPv6 Maintenance
Area                : Internet
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG