>> Or to ask it a different way, (and maybe this is the
>> solution) will all of the 10.x.x.x (and the other IPv4
>> private addresses) suddenly become globally broadcast?

>Please define 'global broadcast'

Think of it as if they were now suddenly 1::10:x:x:x, valid on the public
internet, and "routable" even though they were private before. This is what
I meant by "global" probably pore phrasing, but this example should show
what I was asking.

>
> This is a bigger problem. What will an IPv6 application or
> hardware do with a ::10.x.x.x address?
>
>From a NetBSD's netstat -rn output (trimmed a bit):
>
>Internet6:
>Destination       Gateway Flags Refs  Use    Mtu  Interface
>::/104            ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0 =>
>::/96             ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0 =>
>::127.0.0.0/104   ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>::224.0.0.0/100   ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>::255.0.0.0/104   ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>2002::/24         ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>2002:7f00::/24    ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>2002:e000::/20    ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>2002:ff00::/24    ::1     UGRS    0     0  33220  lo0
>
>In other words: nullroute those 'special' blocks.
>Same goes for RFC1918 space btw.

Then what you are saying is the RFC 1918 private spaces are still private?

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