minimum IPv6 announcement size

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Fri Sep 27 15:11:50 UTC 2013


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Brandon Ross <bross at pobox.com> wrote:
> Okay, I'm just curious, what size do you (and other's of similar opinion)
> think the IPv6 space _should_ have been in order to allow us to not have to
> jump through conservation hoops ever again?  128 bits isn't enough, clearly,
> 256?  1k?  10k?

Hi Brandon,

There is no bit length which allocations of /20's and larger won't
quickly exhaust. It's not about the number of bits, it's about how we
choose to use them.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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