> >>> Keith Moore wrote:
> >>> By allowing sites to subnet /64s we aren't forcing them to give up
> >>> autoconfig, private addresses, etc...
> 
> >> Michel Py wrote:
> >> Would you educate me on how you do autoconfig, let's say, on a /85 ?
> 
> > Keith Moore wrote:
> > you don't.  a site that chooses to subnet below /64 is inherently
> > choosing not to use stateless autoconfig.  but this is a choice for
> > that site to make, not for us to make on that site's behalf.
> 
> This is direct contradiction with what you wrote before.

no it's not. 

> > you still haven't given a single argument in favor of not allowing
> > sites to subnet below /64.
> 
> Yes, I have. And you haven't yet given a single good reason why a site
> should subnet below /64, when a site should, indeed, use the SLA bits
> (means SITE LEVEL AGGREGATOR) which have been designed for that very
> purpose.

A site should subnet below /64 if - for any reason - it doesn't have 
enough subnet bits above /64 and - for whatever reason - it can't
get more address space by other means.  

Perhaps this will only happen if we fail to allocate prefixes efficiently, 
and/or if ISPs don't follow our recommendations.  But if either of those 
does occur, it will make perfect sense to subnet below /64 - and it's
certainly a lot saner than NAT.

On the other hand, expecting that everything will go exactly as we've
anticipated - when we don't even agree about how things will go - 
is utterly insane.

Keith
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