On 2009-04-10 09:53, james woodyatt wrote:
...

> Actually, a PI prefix doesn't make the problem go away.  Apple has a PI
> prefix now: 2620:0:1b00::/45, and our IS&T managers are *still* planning
> to deploy IPv6/NAT boxes to facilitate separation of traffic for
> public-facing services and B2B extranet services.

Sigh. It defeats me why people believe this will create less
admin work and less likelihood of errors than a set of ACLs
in the border routers.

> 
> Furthermore, now is probably a good time to note what my IS&T contact
> told me about NAT66's constraint of /48 for the maximum prefix length
> for the NAT range: it's unacceptably short, and they're insisting that
> vendors need to have an IPv6/NAT solution that operates with prefixes up
> to /64 at minimum.  I'm given to understand that official communications
> to that effect have already been sent to several vendors, but I have not
> seen them.

I fully agree that /64 is needed. The IPv6 addressing architecture
really leaves no choice on that.

   Brian
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