On 9/27/2013 8:24 AM, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Friday, September 27, 2013 02:16:10 PM Jim Pingle wrote:
> 
>> Generally speaking when you assign a subnet to an
>> interface for use, you want that to be a /64 only.
>> Larger chunks would be routed, either by static routes,
>> PD, or some other means.
> 
> The /64 is really only a requirement if you want to support 
> SLAAC.

It is only a requirement for SLAAC, yes, but it's also recommended quite
strongly in various RFCs and other docs from the IETF.

The IETF wants /64's everywhere (which IMHO is quite wasteful, but ...)

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.1

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3627

> If you're doing static IPv6 address assignments and don't 
> need SLAAC, then you can go for longer (or non-typical) 
> prefix lengths.
> 
> I use /112's where I don't need SLAAC. Still more space than 
> I need if you consider the scope of the broadcast domain.

It may work perfectly well for some things, but not others. I'm not sure
I trust everything else to properly adhere to what _should_ work... :-)

Jim
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