IPv6 network policies

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> The key thing you're not stating is the assumption that you are allowed
> to have prefix lengths greater than /64. That hasn't been the case and
> currently isn't the case with IPv6, according to the RFCs. Obviously
> people are lobbying for /127s, with one of the justifications being
> this lack of ND NS/NA implementation on P2P links. IOW, it's the result
> of an implementation choice, not what the protocol specified.

I'm tempted to say that people who think prefix lengths greater than
/64 should not be allowed, are living in a fantasy world.

Longer prefix lengths are *used*. Get over it.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no