[c-nsp] IOS - ipv6 uppercase in config - why ?

[Aaron]

So, how would you propose that the system know that you are looking for an
IPV6 config vs something else like a description or named acl/tunnel/etc?

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 13:31, Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org> wrote:

> On 05/01/2011 16:01, Brandon Applegate wrote:
>
>> Is there a reason that ipv6 addresses are stored with uppercase letters
>> in config ?
>>
>
> yes.  See rfc4291, section 2.2, where all of the examples are in upper
> case.  These examples caused people to prefer upper case notation for ipv6
> address representation, although there was actually nothing in the document
> which actually mandated the use of upper case.
>
> These recommendations have been updated in rfc5952, which requires (i.e.
> MUST) that all ipv6 addresses be represented in lower case.  This document
> is standards track, so I guess Cisco is going to have to change at some
> stage.  Given the current low levels of ipv6 deployment, sooner would be a
> lot less painful than later.
>
> Nick
>
>
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