Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt> (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) to Internet Standard

Job Snijders <job@ntt.net> Thu, 23 February 2017 13:48 UTC

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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:47:33 +0100
From: Job Snijders <job@ntt.net>
To: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt> (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) to Internet Standard
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:37:52PM +0900, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Job Snijders <job@ntt.net> wrote:
> 
> > For the benefit of the working group, what Lorenzo describes is the
> > following in linux-lingo:
> > [...]
> 
> Actually no, what I was saying was literally to leave the addresses as
> /64s and configure the first-hop router to route the /126 to the
> prefix. The hosts won't care.

And how to protect the interconnection between the first-hop router and
the edge-of-your-network? or the edge of the network itself? I suspect
this idea is still in a theoretical stage.

Can you point me to a RIPE, NANOG or APRICOT talk where this idea is
shared in its entirety?

Kind regards,

Job