RFC Errata
RFC 4862, "IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration", September 2007
Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 7527
Source of RFC: ipv6 (int)
Errata ID: 7509
Status: Reported
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Jonathan Johnson
Date Reported: 2023-05-05
Section 5.3 says:
A link-local address is formed by combining the well-known link-local prefix FE80::0 [RFC4291] (of appropriate length) with an interface identifier as follows:
It should say:
A link-local address is formed by combining the well-known link-local prefix FE80::/10 [RFC4291] (of appropriate length) with an interface identifier as follows:
Notes:
The prefix text should be in CIDR notation, as the referenced RFC4921 sec. 2.4 lists it in CIDR notation. Further, FE80::0 describes an address, not a prefix.