Subnetting Practices

[Roland Dobbins]

On Jul 16, 2007, at 7:29 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:

> The moment that the waste happened was the moment that it was  
> decided to make IPv6 addresses 128 bits. How we use that 128-bit  
> space now that we have it doesn't make all that much of a  
> difference, as long as what we do doesn't make us run out  
> prematurely. And even with 64-bit point-to-point subnets I don't  
> see that happening any time soon.

I'm concerned about it happening within the next 50-75 years, if  
spimes exponentiate the way I think they will.

>
>> and b) constitute a security risk.
>
> Again: how so?

Sinkhole.

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