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Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion


From: Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:45:42 +0000

We're talking about end user assignments made by ISPs, not ISP assignments. An ISP's /32 is likely the only entry one 
needs in the FIB. 

 -mel beckman

On Jul 14, 2015, at 12:41 PM, "Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:

On 14 Jul 2015 18:44:25 -0000, "John Levine" said:

routers does not.  The right way to allocate v6 space is the first
time someone asks for some, give them as much as they'll ever need.
If you give them less and they have to come back for more later,
you've wasted a router slot.

Amen.  Integers are cheap.  FIB slots cost real money.


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