BCP: Slicing a /32 for an ISP

Simon Lockhart simon at slimey.org
Mon Apr 14 09:33:04 CEST 2008


On Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 09:21:22AM +0200, Mohacsi Janos wrote:
> We are using /64 mainly where necessary. For point-to-point link we are 
> not uisng anything, since it is not neccesary: routing protocol are using 
> link-local for IPv6 routing.

I'm currently debating whether to use public IPs for point-to-point (or
inter-router ethernets). Apart from "documentation" purposes, is there any
good reason not to just use link-local, and then use loopbacks for stuff that
requires a router to use an IPv6 address (e.g. iBGP)?

Simon
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