In a message written on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 09:10:53AM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > If you want to do it, make sure you do understand the restrictions that apply > to IPv6 addresses, like U/G bits, etc. Too many people unfortunately just > think it's cool in a weird geeky sense and violate RFCs with them. I was > very close to write an article about that after W6D...
Perhaps I missed something in an RFC somewhere, but I believe those
bits only have meaning locally on an Ethernet LAN. They have no
meaning when used on non-Ethernet networks, for instance POS or on
a Loopback. If someone wanted to use them for a /128 virtual for
their web site for instance that would be ok.
Or, turning that around, if you assume an IPv6 address is part of a /64
on an Ethernet network, you have made a false assumption.
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