Choice of network space when numbering interfaces with IPv6

Warren Kumari warren at kumari.net
Mon Oct 18 02:07:53 UTC 2010


On Oct 16, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote:

>> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:56:28 +0100
>> From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
>> 
>>>>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-6man-prefixlen-p2p-00.txt
>>>> Drafts are drafts, and nothing more, aren't they?
>> 
>> must be some blowhard i have plonked
>> 
>>> Drafts are drafts. Even most RFCs are RFCs and nothing more. Only a
>>> handful have ever been designated as "Standards". I hope this becomes
>>> one of those in the hope it will be taken seriously. (It already is by
>>> anyone with a large network running IPv6.)
>> 
>> juniper and cisco implement today
> 
> Unfortunately, a couple of other router vendors whose top of the line
> units I have tested recently did not.

Simple Matter of Programming ;-)

Please suggest to said vendors that they implement this -- IMO it's the right way to do it...

W

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