Re: NIST IPv6 document

[TJ <trejrco () gmail com>]

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 09:56, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins () arbor net> wrote:

> On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:30 PM, TJ wrote:
>
> > Today (IPv4) they may not, but many recommendations for tomorrow (IPv6)
> are to use discrete network allocations for your infrastructure (loopbacks
> and
> > PtP links, specifically) and to filter traffic destined to those at your
> edges ...
>
> Actually, this has been an IPv4 BCP for the last decade or so, in order to
> allow for scalable use of iACLs, CoPP, et. al.


True - but some places don't have enough IPv4 address space or willingness
to renumber, nor did some have the forethought, to accomplish this ...
/TJ