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

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Roland Dobbins wrote:

> On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Mark Smith wrote:
>
> > The correct assumption is that most people will try and usually succeed at follow the specifications, as that is 
> > what is required to
> > successfully participate in a protocol (any protocol, not just networking ones). IPv4 history has shown that most 
> > people will.
>
> Specification <> application, as in new applications.
>
> And, no, I don't think that 'most people will' - I've seen enough foolishness with regards to IPv4 misaddressing over 
> the last quarter-century (pre- and post-CIDR) to share your optimism in that regard.
Is there IPv4 brokenness in the world? Sure.

Is the majority of IPv4 deployed in the world done so in a broken manner? I think that's a stretch.

Most people try and usually succeed at implementing IPv4 at least reasonably in line with the specifications.

Owen