Re: Why ULA: low collision chance (Was: IPv6 fc00::/7 — Unique local addresses)

[bill at herrin.us (William Herrin)]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Ray Soucy <rps at maine.edu> wrote:
> That's assuming ULA would be the primary addressing scheme used. ?If
> that became the norm, I agree, the extra uniqueness would be
> desirable, perhaps to the point that you should be asking an authority
> for FC00::/8 space to be assigned. ?But then why wouldn't you just ask
> for a GUA at that point.

Because you might want space that doesn't route on the Internet so
that if your routes accidentally leak external folks still can't reach
you?

Regards,
Bill Herrin






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