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


From: Eugen Leitl <eugen () leitl org>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:03:04 +0100

On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 08:17:11PM -0300, Fernando Gont wrote:

I'm mildly surprised if you think we're going to be done with *this* 
mess in a few decades.

I fully agree. But planning/expecting to go through this mess *again* is
insane. -- I hope the lesson has been learned, and we won't repeat history.

Given http://weblog.chrisgrundemann.com/index.php/2009/how-much-ipv6-is-there/
it is pretty clear the allocation algorithms have to change, or the resource
is just as finite as the one we ran out yesterday.


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