[ppml] a modified proposal 2005-8

Randy Bush randy at psg.com
Sat Mar 11 19:06:10 EST 2006


>    The following guidelines may be useful (but they are only guidelines):
> 
>    - /64 when it is known that one and only one subnet is needed
> 
>    - /56 for small sites, those expected to need only a few subnets
>      over the next 5 years.

256 is a few?  if you have to nibble away at it, isn't a /60 more
like a few?

>    - /48 for larger sites

i still do not understand why/how you are picking these points on
the knob.  what we really mean is allocate what is justifiable for
the next few ( !=256 :-) years.

>    For end sites to whom DNS will be delegated, the LIR/ISP
                          ^ reverse

randy




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