>> we have decided so in address architecture document (at least under
>> 2000::/3 space), fixed boundary gives us ease of management.
>> or do you really plan to connect more than 2^64 devices on a single
>> subnet?
>More? Not likely. Less, quite possibly. But coding that boundary into
>software that strictly enforces it is inflexible.
it is implementer's choice. with some of non-Solaris systems you can
set prefix length to anything you want (but they do not make sense from
RFC2373 POV). I guess Solaris developer have decided to hardcode it
to reduce the amount of support calls.
itojun
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