Ralph Droms (rdroms) wrote:
Alexandru - you've used a phrase that I still don't understand. What
does it mean for a node to have a prefix that "it can reuse [...]
for itself and for others"?
Ralph, thanks for asking. "A node having a prefix it can reuse for
itself and for others" means that the node derives shorter prefixes from
the one that is delegated and it eventually RAs them into a network for
which is responsible. Something like a router at home connected to ADSL
needs a whole prefix for the other PCs in house.
This is a potential use of prefix delegation. I'm not sure whether the
ICMPv6-PD authors think the same about what's PD needed for. They would
clarify, I hope.
Alex
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