Pekka Savola wrote:
> People didn't see the need for RFC1918 space in IPv6.

Just like they didn't see the need for private address space in IPv4
until there were massive deployments of whatever random numbers people
found in documents. For those who have forgotten, private address space
was not set aside to support NAT, it exists to provide space for
disconnected networks, that won't collide with existing allocations when
those attach. NAT came along later and took advantage of the existence
of private space. 

There is a need for address space for disconnected networks. If the
argument is to set aside a different set of address space and define it
as unroutable, what is the point? We already have a defined unroutable
space, what value does a different one add? Any issues that are raised
for FEC0:: will hold for whatever new space gets defined.

Tony



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