On 03/28/2013 01:37 PM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
[....]
> There are very many hurdles to a simple straightforward IPv6 address
> planning for vehicles.
>
> 1 - At most 2^78 vehicles may exist.
>
> There may be not enough space in IPv6 addressing architecture space
> to uniquely distinguish between all past current and future
> vehicles.
[Disclaimer: I'm completely illiterate when it comes to this whole 'VIN'
thing]
That said, IPv6 addresses identify network attachment points. If you
need semantics other than that ("e.g., distinguish between past,
current, and future vehicles"). my take is that you're looking at the
wrong place, possibly at the expense of nodes that do the right thing.
Cheers,
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Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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