Hello

I think it is necessary to have interconnexion networks using public
addresses for debugging routes (ex: traceroute or things like that) so we
need to number those networks.
a /127 wouldn't be a good idea. It's difficult for a provider to play with
prefixes that do not fit with the beginning or the end of a quartil. It's
not very simple to deal with the /35 given to providers as well !
So I think that a /64 is a good idea for interconnexion networks.

Regards

Jerome Durand
GIP Renater
IPv6 Multicast


----- Original Message -----
From: Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Matt Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Robert Elz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: /127 for P-t-P Considered Harmful


> On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Matt Crawford wrote:
> > I've never been able to think of a theoretical reason why the two
> > endpoints of a point-to-point link have to have addresses which are
> > related in any way.  Is there some more practical reason why they
> > should be?
>
> I'm not really sure what you mean, but unless I'm mistaking...
>
> You usually want to add routes, the other end as the next hop.  If the
> other end is not "connected", this is may be difficult.
>
> As for theoretical reasons, I guess it would be enough just to be able to
> declare arbitrary addresses "connected" to specified interfaces by adding
> host routes if the implementation allows adding such for P-t-P links
> without an explicit next-hop.
>
> --
> 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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