Re: [sig-policy] Need to understand logic behind assigning /64IPv6 addre
- To: Randy Bush <randy at psg dot com>
- Subject: Re: [sig-policy] Need to understand logic behind assigning /64IPv6 addresses
- From: Usman Latif <osmankh at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:21:07 -0700 (PDT)
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- Reply-to: Usman Latif <osmankh@yahoo.com>
Thanks for understanding.
To me it just seems like a crazy idea of assigning a /64 subnet (that can otherwise fulfill requirements of 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 hosts) to a residential CPE which today uses at the max 5-10 IPv4 addresses on their LANs.
I think because we have been working with IPv4 and have been really careful about not wasting IPs due to the limited address space, maybe its that same mindset which makes me uncomfortable looking at multiple /64s going to a single DSL end-customer etc. :)
Anyway, next time I am using autoconf and assign a /64 to a residential CPE, I'll just go blind and convince myself not to think about wasting all these addresses....
From: Randy Bush <randy at psg dot com>
To: Usman Latif <osmankh at yahoo dot com>
Cc: APNIC Address Policy SIG <sig-policy at apnic dot net>
Sent: Saturday, 17 September 2011 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [sig-policy] Need to understand logic behind assigning /64IPv6 addresses
it is not that i disagree with your arguments. it's just that i lost
the selfsame arguments some years ago. the current generally accepted
'wisdom,' with