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RFC 8505, "Registration Extensions for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Neighbor Discovery", November 2018

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 8928, RFC 8929, RFC 9010, RFC 9685, RFC 9926

Source of RFC: 6lo (int)
See Also: RFC 8505 w/ inline errata


Errata ID: 8484
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Adnan Rashid
Date Reported: 2025-06-26
Verifier Name: Éric Vyncke
Date Verified: 2025-06-27

Section 9.1 says:

                +-------------+--------------+------------+
                |  ARO Status | Description  | Reference  |
                +-------------+--------------+------------+
                |     0-5     | Unassigned   |            |
                |             |              |            |
                |      6      | R Flag       | RFC 8505   |
                |             |              |            |
                |      7      | T Flag       | RFC 8505   |
                +-------------+--------------+------------+

              Table 2: New Address Registration Option Flags

It should say:

                +-------------+--------------+------------+
                |  Bit number | Description  | Reference  |
                +-------------+--------------+------------+
                |     0-3     | Unassigned   |            |
                |             |              |            |
                |     4-5     |	I Field      | RFC 8505   |
                |             |              |            | 
                |      6      | R Flag       | RFC 8505   |
                |             |              |            |
                |      7      | T Flag       | RFC 8505   |
                +-------------+--------------+------------+

              Table 2: New Address Registration Option Flags

Notes:

Table 2 must use 'ARO Flags' or 'ARO Flags Field' instead of 'ARO Status,' avoiding conflict with the Status field. Additionally, the 2-bit I-Field (bits 4 and 5) defined in Section 4 is missing, making bits 0-3 unassigned instead of 0-5.

---- Verifier's notes ----
The table should have the same headings as the IANA registry https://www.iana.org/assignments/icmpv6-parameters/icmpv6-parameters.xhtml#icmpv6-adress-registration-option-flags (i.e., 'bit number').

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