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Subject: v6 & DSL / Cable modems [was: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space (IPv6-MW)]
From: nanog at arbitraryconstant.com (Anthony Roberts)
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:05:18 -0700
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:08:44 +1030, Matthew Moyle-Croft
<mmc at internode.com.au> wrote:
>
> Let's face it - the current v6 assignment rules are to solve a 1990s set 
> of problems.  A /64 isn't needed now that we have DHCP(v6).

It's needed to prevent people from NATing in v6, as they'll still want
their stuff behind a firewall, and some of them will want subnets.

> Setting the idea in people's heads that a /64 IS going to be their own 
> statically is insane and will blow out provider's own routing tables 
> more than is rational.

No larger than their ARP tables are now.

References:
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
  - From: bygg at cafax.se (Johnny Eriksson)
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
  - From: nanog at daork.net (Nathan Ward)
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
  - From: randy at psg.com (Randy Bush)
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
  - From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu)
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
  - From: nanog at arbitraryconstant.com (Anthony Roberts)
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space (IPv6-MW)
  - From: scott at doc.net.au (Scott Howard)
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space (IPv6-MW)
  - From: patrick at ianai.net (Patrick W. Gilmore)
- Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space (IPv6-MW)
  - From: sethm at rollernet.us (Seth Mattinen)
- v6 & DSL / Cable modems [was: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space (IPv6-MW)]
  - From: patrick at ianai.net (Patrick W. Gilmore)
- v6 & DSL / Cable modems [was: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space (IPv6-MW)]
  - From: mmc at internode.com.au (Matthew Moyle-Croft)

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