[175155] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv6 Default Allocation - What size allocation are you giving out
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Thu Oct 9 17:08:44 2014
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From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAP-guGU+rPVQdUq_2_LBm7W9VNEQSJOLZTeSqLnme5h_CySr3Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:08:30 +0700
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Oct 10, 2014, at 3:49 AM, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
> 6752 isn't germane; it has to do with using private IP addresses on =
routers, which borks things up when the router has to generate an ICMP =
type 3.=20
I beg to differ, as noted by Owen DeLong in this same thread:
On 9 October 2014 22:01, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
> Having public addresses in trace-routes, ideally with good =
reverse DNS is actually useful.
> Clarity is almost always an advantage over obscurity when one is =
troubleshooting something.
> Being able to ping the link address is useful for =
troubleshooting.
> Being able to source packets from a particular link address can =
be useful for troubleshooting.
Several of the very same caveats apply - that's why I cited the =
informational RFC with regards to private IP addressing, rather than =
re-typing the same things all over again.
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