On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Christian Huitema wrote:
> /127 for a P-t-P link? This must be a bug! We need a /64!

Tell that to ARIN et al which advocate(d) a single /64 as an IX
allocation.

Does "640kb should be enough for everyone." sound familiar... :-)
 
> Have people considered the privacy implications? The computer at the end
> of the link may well want to use privacy addresses. Also, there is a
> credible possibility that a computer is composed of multiple subsystems,
> each with their own IPv6 address. In the aggregatable architecture, it
> makes a lot of sense if "n" is in fact 64 for most links.

I don't think it's being pushed that /127 be used (/64 should be
preferred), but sometimes a smaller allocation might make more sense, in
one way or another.  Under these circumstances, it is not often necessary
to worry about privacy.

-- 
Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy                   not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords


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