[142399] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 words
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bjoern A. Zeeb)
Fri Jun 24 05:13:29 2011
From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <4E03B9DE.5020205@mompl.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:10:53 +0000
To: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 23, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
> I am sure it has come up a number of times, but with IPv6 you can make =
up fancy addresses that are (almost) complete words or phrases. Making =
it almost as easy to remember as the resolved name.
>=20
> It'd be nice in a weird geek sort of way (but totally impractical) to =
be able to request IPv6 blocks that have some sort of fancy name of your =
choice.
>=20
> 2001:db8:dead:beef::
> dead:beef::
> dead::beef
For IPv6 I consider it "address spam". My content filter will give you =
some extra tiny score if your MX uses such an address.
If you want to do it, make sure you do understand the restrictions that =
apply to IPv6 addresses, like U/G bits, etc. Too many people =
unfortunately just think it's cool in a weird geeky sense and violate =
RFCs with them. I was very close to write an article about that after =
W6D...
/bz
--=20
Bjoern A. Zeeb You have to have visions!
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