Alex,

Could you elaborate on that statement?

Best Regards, 
  
Jeffrey Dunn 
Info Systems Eng., Lead 
MITRE Corporation.
(301) 448-6965 (mobile)

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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:00 AM
To: Dunn, Jeffrey H.
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Subject: Re: what problem is solved by proscribing non-64 bit prefixes?
(was: v6ops-addcon and longer than 64 bit prefixes)

Hi,

Dunn, Jeffrey H. wrote:
[...]
> My basic question is: What basic engineering problem is solved by
> proscribing non-64 bit prefixes?

I don't know.  But I know what problems are solved by using 
longer-than-64bit prefixes, especially when autoconfiguring addresses 
with stateless method.

Alex

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