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Re: IPv6 address assignment for strictly point-to-point links and Device Loopbacks

Usman Latif <osmankh@yahoo.com> Thu, 27 September 2012 05:51 UTC

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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:51:39 -0700
From: Usman Latif <osmankh@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: IPv6 address assignment for strictly point-to-point links and Device Loopbacks
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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--- On Thu, 27/9/12, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:


From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Subject: Re: IPv6 address assignment for strictly point-to-point links and Device Loopbacks
To: "Usman Latif" <osmankh@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Ole Trøan" <otroan@employees.org>, "ipv6@ietf.org" <ipv6@ietf.org>
Received: Thursday, 27 September, 2012, 9:17 AM


> There is clearly two set of recommendations over the same addressing
> scenario which I am only trying to clarify with the IETF community.

no.  but please go do whatever you want in your network and stop trying
to stir a long cold pot

randy

 
I would only if I owned the whole internet :)

If you have links to any previous discussions / blogs on this long cold pot, pls point me to them so I can convince myself that both 5375 and 6164 have same recommendations for /127 (and /128)
 
Usman

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