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[IPv6]Re: [v6ops] Re: New draft: "The IPv6 Loopback Address Prefix"

sthaug@nethelp.no Wed, 26 November 2025 10:51 UTC

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> Assignment of loopback prefixes to loopback interfaces should be
> automated. I think that is one of the key values of 127.0.0.1/8 - it's
> automatically configured.

Note that "automatically configured" is not universal. For instance,
the Juniper MX / PTX routers I use on a daily basis don't have
127.0.0.1/8 automatically configured.

Steinar Haug, AS2116

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