In a message written on Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 01:52:21PM +0100, Mathias Seiler wrote: > I use a /126 if possible but have also configured one /64 just for the link > between two routers. This works great but when I think that I'm wasting 2^64 > - 2 addresses here it feels plain wrong. > > So what do you think? Good? Bad? Ugly? /127 ? ;)
I have used /126's, /127's, and others, based on peers preference.
I personally have a fondness for /112's, as it gives you more than
2 addresses, and a DNS bit boundary.
For all the pontification about how there are enough /64's to number
all the grains of sand, or other nonsense, I think that ignores too
much operational information.
rDNS is important, and becomes harder in IPv6. Making it easier
is importnat.
Having a scan of a /64 fill your P2P T1 is poor design, all because
you assigned 2^64 addresses to a link that will never have more
than 2 functional devices.
Most importantly, we should not let any vendor code any of these
into software or silicon, in case we need to change later.
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