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Re: Using IPv6 with prefixes shorter than a /64 on a LAN


From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:52:26 -0800


On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Jack Bates wrote:

On 2/1/2011 5:14 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
I guess we can agree to disagree about this. I haven't seen one yet.

If my coffee maker did have an IP address, I expect it to get all it's updates from a central house store, not 
directly from the manufacturer over the net. I see no reason my appliances need global access; just access to their 
local controller.

Again, we can agree to disagree. I want GUA even for the things that don't need global access because I can
change my mind later. There's no advantage to building that decision into the address, rather than making
it in the filter policy of the routers and/or firewalls on the network.

And yes, I am working on building my IPv6 coffee maker. :P

Someone has to, I suppose.

Owen



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