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   Markus Reschke to Michiel van der Vlist   
   OpenBSD and SLAAC   
   19 Mar 18 14:40:26   
   
   Hi Michiel!   
      
   Mar 18 22:34 2018, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Markus Reschke:   
      
    MvdV> I have mixed feelings about this.   
      
    MvdV> + It allows more flexibility. For example if your ISP just gives    
    MvdV> you one /64, you can still have multiple subnets. E.g by cutting    
    MvdV> the /64 in 65536 /80s. Should be enough for everyone.   
      
   Another good point is the subnetting for PtP links. A link between two routers   
   doesn't need SLAAC and a /64. All your links would fit in a /64 easily. There   
   are several papers discussing the usage of much longer prefixes like /128.   
      
    MvdV> - The providers can use this as an argument to just give you one    
    MvdV> /64.   
      
   I don't think so. There are too much devices supporting only /64 with SLAAC.   
   And OpenBSD isn't a widespread OS for end users.   
      
   ciao,   
   Markus   
      
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