On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Robert Elz wrote:

>     From:        Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>   |   i can think of no reason to use somethiing other than /64.
>
> The obvious one is to conserve address space.   Another is to make it
> easier to see what are p2p links from their addresses (all of an organisation's
> p2p links can easily be numbered out of one /64).
>
> In any case, unless there's something that will be broken by using a
> longer prefix, there's no reason to forbid it, is there?

Concur on both points.  Just because one can assign a /64 and get millions
of addresses on a p2p link doesn't mean one should.  Furthermore, I can
understand the arguments for avoiding /127 or /128 but in the cases where
the lost capability is a non-issue why bother forbidding even those 2
prefix lengths?


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