Re: Trying to understand IPv6

There it is: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6164

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Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S)
Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
> There's an RFC written about it (can't remember the number on top of
> my head) that discusses security/operational reasons for that. The
> same one that proposes use /127 on p2p links.
>
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> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S)
> Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert
>
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar> wrote:
>> Hmm, I guess I see it.
>> You mean design as if the link has the /64 assigned to it, but configure the
>> router to know that in reality it is only one other address in this point to
>> point link ?
>>
>> What is the gaining from making this more complex than it could ?
>> (Other than dropping a packet a litle bit earlier)
>>
>> -Carlos
>>
>> Carlos G Mendioroz @ 24/10/2012 15:29 -0300 dixit:
>>
>>> Ah... uh ?
>>> What do you mean /64 for the subnet but /127 mask ? Where do you use the
>>> /127 ? Where the /64 ?
>>>
>>> -Carlos
>>>
>>> Marko Milivojevic @ 24/10/2012 15:17 -0300 dixit:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm, I've never seen anything between a /64 and a /128.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /127 is common on point-to-point links. General best-practice is to
>>>> assign /64 subnet for the link, but use /127 mask.
>>>>
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>>>> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S)
>>>> Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert
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>>>
>>
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>> Carlos G Mendioroz  <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar>  LW7 EQI  Argentina
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