On 8 Sep 2009, at 6:17 , Xu Xiaohu wrote:
What's the real purpose of the above model (IPv6 addresses beginning
with
other than '000' use a 64-bit prefix)? Can somebody help explain it?
The IPv6 addresses in ::/3 are/were used for special purposes, such as
the localhost address, IPv4-mapped addresses and mapping NSAPs and
IPX. So the requirement that there should be a valid IID in those
addresses doesn't make sense.
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