>>>>> On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 13:51:37 -0400,
>>>>> Keith Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > - limit in6_matchlen() to 64 for address selection.
>>
>> I agree that full-128bit comparison does usually not make much sense,
>> but I'm not sure if the assumption of the fixed prefix length is a
>> good idea...
> I'm reasonably certain it's a bad idea - I fully expect that some sites
> will need to have prefixes > 64 bits, either because the ISP didn't
> follow the rules or they really need to subnet something hanging
> off a /64.
Though I really hope the former will never be the case, I'm basically
on the same side as yours in the sense that assuming a fixed prefix
length for all addresses is a bad idea.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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