IPv6 Loopback/Point-to-Point address allocation

Sun Sep 10 04:32:16 UTC 2017

I don't see any point of using larger Network space for point to point
links or on loopback addresses. To me the best is that 127-Bit prefixes on
IPv6 point-to-point links and /128 on Loopback serves the purpose, and
offers us a lot of advantages such as it prevents us from neighbor
discovery exhaustion attack (rfc6583)

Draft is mainly referring to end user WAN links (i.e. xDSL, Cable, FTTN/H)
and that's a different story where /64 /56 /48 are still open to dispute :P

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Kody Vicknair <kvicknair at reservetele.com>
wrote:

> All,
>
> I’ve been doing some reading in preparation of IPv6 deployment and
> figuring out how we will break up our /32. I think I’m on the right track
> in thinking that each customer will be allocated a /48 to do whatever they
> wish with it.
>
> I’ve read recent BCOP drafts that have been approved by the IETF:
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-554
> It looks like the smallest subnet that should ever be assigned is a /64 on
> a particular link.
>
>
> Some questions that come to mind with IPv6:
>
> In regards to Point to point links my thinking is this:
> Assign a unique /64 to each point to point link with these addresses being
> Globally routable. This seems to be what our IX providers do when assigning
> us an IPv6 address. Am I correct in this train of thought? Why/Why not?
>
> In regards to core loopback addressing my initial thoughts are as follows:
> Assign a single /64 encompassing all /128’s planned for loopback
> addressing schemes. Should I be using Unique Local addressing for loopbacks
> instead of going with a Globally routeable addressing scheme? Should each
> interface IP configuration have a /64 or a /128?
>
> Also when talking about CPE mgmt addresses what do you think is a
> practical way of going about assigning “Private” addressing schemes for cpe
> management purposes.
>
> I’m sure some of these questions will be answered when I dive deeper into
> how OSPFv6 works as well as BGP in regards to IPv6.
>
> Are any of you currently running IPv6 and wished you had done something
> differently during the planning phase that may have prevented headaches
> down the road?
>
>
>
>
> Kody Vicknair
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