>Well, Vista uses 'random' host addresses, 64-bit ones. If the spec >had been different way back when, these could equally have been 32 or >48 bits instead. But it wasn't. >
That is just one of the several-to-many examples of things that have assume a 64b IID space. That is exactly what I mean when I say (IMHO) we are past the point of feasibly changing this boundary. (Not saying we couldn't do it, just that (IMHO) the concerns/problems outweigh the benefits) /TJ -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
