ipv6 book recommendations?

Owen DeLong owen at delong.com
Tue Jun 5 22:30:56 UTC 2012


On Jun 5, 2012, at 3:23 PM, William Herrin wrote:

> On 6/5/12, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 5, 2012, at 2:23 PM, William Herrin wrote:
>>> c. If it's a point to point, a reasonable practice seems to be a /64
>>> per network area and around /124 per link. Works OK for ethernet point
>>> to points too.
>> 
>> /64 is perfectly reasonable per point to point as well.
> 
> Hi Owen,
> 
> Sure, but with the neighbor discovery cache issues that come up with
> /64's under attack, why open yourself to trouble where you can't
> realize any benefit?
> 

Why permit external traffic aimed at your point to point links at all?

No external traffic, no attack surface.

Owen





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