This archive is retained to ensure existing URLs remain functional. It will not contain any emails sent to this mailing list after July 1, 2024. For all messages, including those sent before and after this date, please visit the new location of the archive at https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/address-policy-wg@ripe.net/
[ppml] [address-policy-wg] Those pesky ULAs again
- Previous message (by thread): [address-policy-wg] Re: 5M prefixes in the core [was: Re: [ppml] [address-policy-wg] Those pesky ULAs again ]
- Next message (by thread): [address-policy-wg] Those pesky ULAs again
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Gert Doering
gert at space.net
Thu May 31 12:41:31 CEST 2007
Hi,
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 09:01:10PM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> "You're a big company, you have to give out /48 subnets, so you
> should have 65536 of them, here's a /32."
>
> Seems like we could have at least been creative this time around
> and picked a different number. Why do big companies need 65536
> subnets? The number must be magical.
It nicely fits on a nibble (even octet) boundary, which is good for DNS :)
... and it's a workable compromise between ISPs that want "more space"
to handle numbering their customers, and others that want(ed) to be
ultra-conservative about IPv6 distribution...
Gert Doering
-- APWG chair
--
Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 113403
SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard
Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann
D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen)
Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279
- Previous message (by thread): [address-policy-wg] Re: 5M prefixes in the core [was: Re: [ppml] [address-policy-wg] Those pesky ULAs again ]
- Next message (by thread): [address-policy-wg] Those pesky ULAs again
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]