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Re: [v6ops] I-D Action: draft-ietf-v6ops-host-addr-availability-02.txt

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Mon, 02 November 2015 02:03 UTC

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> What about "smaller/larger sized prefix"?

I am a bit puzzled about this controversy.   The term of art, as I have understood it in the past, is "shorter prefix" and "longer prefix."   I don't know why you'd want to use smaller/larger.   But the authors should just pick something and explain what they mean.   If they want to use "smaller/larger," they should say "a smaller prefix is a prefix with fewer significant bits of prefix."

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