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Re: what problem is solved by proscribing non-64 bit prefixes? (was: v6ops-addcon and longer than 64 bit prefixes)

Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> Tue, 30 September 2008 14:27 UTC

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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:59:49 +0200
From: Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: what problem is solved by proscribing non-64 bit prefixes? (was: v6ops-addcon and longer than 64 bit prefixes)
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Hi,

Dunn, Jeffrey H. wrote:
[...]
> My basic question is: What basic engineering problem is solved by
> proscribing non-64 bit prefixes?

I don't know.  But I know what problems are solved by using 
longer-than-64bit prefixes, especially when autoconfiguring addresses 
with stateless method.

Alex

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