On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:42:27 -0400 Joe Abley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 10-Jul-2007, at 17:48, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> 2. Or release space FC00::/8 for another type of use (becuase > >> sitting on the shelf is wasteful) > > > > This is a good example of ossified IPv4 thinking. IPv6 is different > > from > > IPv4. It is not just IPv4 with more address bits. It is not > > wasteful to > > leave IPv6 address ranges sitting on the shelf any more than it is > > wasteful to assign a /48 prefix to a homeowner. > > In fact, I was thinking as I typed in my precarious train of logic > the other evening that one of the nice features of IPv6 is that you > can take an enormous chunk of addresses for use as an experiment like > this, and not have to worry to hard about reclaiming them if the > experiment turns out to go nowhere. > Exactly. Convenience is a desirable characteristic, functionality is an essential one. With IPv6's large address space we have both convenience and functionality. We used to have both with IPv4 too, but then the Internet had to be scaled to connect the world, so convenience had to go. By changing to IPv6, we can now have it back. Regards, Mark. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
