[146953] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 prefixes longer then /64: are they possible in DOCSIS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tore Anderson)
Tue Nov 29 07:14:47 2011
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:13:51 +0100
From: Tore Anderson <tore.anderson@redpill-linpro.com>
To: Dmitry Cherkasov <doctorchd@gmail.com>
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* Dmitry Cherkasov
> I am determining technical requirements to IPv6 provisioning system
> for DOCSIS networks and I am deciding if it is worth to restrict user
> to use not less then /64 networks on cable interface. It is obvious
> that no true economy of IP addresses can be achieved with increasing
> prefix length above 64 bits.
I am not familiar with DOCSIS networks, but I thought I'd note that in
order to comply with the RIPE policies, you must assign at least a /64
or shorter to each end user:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-523#assignment_size
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Tore Anderson
Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com
