Re: classful routes redux

[Paul Jakma <paul () clubi ie>]

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:

> er..  would this be a poor characterization of the IPv6 addressing 
> architecture which is encouraged by the IETF and the various RIR 
> members?
>
>         class A ==  /32
>         class B ==  /48
>         class C ==  /56
>         hostroute == /64

It's quite arbitrary though, unlike the old classful IPv4 divisions - 
a matter of policy, not technology. The allocation sizes can and do 
vary over both time (as policy changes, IIRC RIPE used to assign 
/35s iirc, now it's /32) and between different RIRs.

A hostroute is /128 btw. ;)

regards,
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