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class=890194814-30042008>I received this query from an acquaintance and would
love to know what the true story is here. Any
ideas?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Subject:</B> IPv6 stumble<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=546390109-22012008>Shared a cab from
the airport with an engineer. He said the IPv6 has just run into its
first big stumble. As you know one of IPv6's claim to fame is
that addresses would be handed down from ISPs to the customers. This would
make address summarization and therefore route
summarization easier. However so many end customers have been
directly assigned address that routing in the IPv6 bone has become flat
(one of the big problems with the IPv4 bone). The engineer indicated he is
working on a project to redefine the IPv6 format to include a orginization ID to
address this problem. Anyone else heard anything about this?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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