[ppml] IPv6 assignment - proposal for change to nrpm

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com
Tue Oct 23 10:03:29 EDT 2007


On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 06:53:41AM +0100, michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
> > I'll never use the IP's, so apparently, I'll 
> > be hoarding them.
> 
> People who understand IPv6 architecture would not consider this
> "hoarding". If you announce that /32 then you are "using" the addresses
> that you were allocated, as they were meant to be used.

	aha!  clearly then you are enabling folks to forge packets
	w/ source addresses you are announcing but for which there
	is no PCB to accept/emit IP datagrams.  announcement does
	not, IMHO, equate to use - at least in my network.

--bill



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