Choice of network space when numbering interfaces with IPv6

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:56:28 +0100
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>

>>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-6man-prefixlen-p2p-00.txt
>> Drafts are drafts, and nothing more, aren't they?

must be some blowhard i have plonked

> Drafts are drafts. Even most RFCs are RFCs and nothing more. Only a
> handful have ever been designated as "Standards". I hope this becomes
> one of those in the hope it will be taken seriously. (It already is by
> anyone with a large network running IPv6.)

juniper and cisco implement today

Unfortunately, a couple of other router vendors whose top of the line
units I have tested recently did not.

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:56:28 +0100
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-6man-prefixlen-p2p-00.txt

Drafts are drafts, and nothing more, aren't they?

must be some blowhard i have plonked

Drafts are drafts. Even most RFCs are RFCs and nothing more. Only a
handful have ever been designated as "Standards". I hope this becomes
one of those in the hope it will be taken seriously. (It already is by
anyone with a large network running IPv6.)

juniper and cisco implement today

Unfortunately, a couple of other router vendors whose top of the line
units I have tested recently did not.

Simple Matter of Programming :wink:

Please suggest to said vendors that they implement this -- IMO it's the right way to do it...

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