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|    Martin List-Petersen to Michiel van der Vlist    |
|    Re: New one    |
|    18 Apr 20 18:50:26    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A45       MSGID: 2:263/5 10d382eb       REPLY: 2:280/5555 5e999737       TZUTC: 0100       On 17 Apr 2020, Michiel van der Vlist said the following...        Mv> Can you expand on that? What exactly was a step backward and how and why?              IPv6 was designed in a way, that you can multihome the PAv6 allocation you       get from your ISP, so there was no need for PIv6 really.              So, it was initially not implemented, to keep the routing table small. The       IPv4 routing table is a beast these days. With fragmentation and people       buying /24 blocks left right and center, a full IPv4 routing table is now       nearly 800k entries .. and that's with filtering routes 24              To compare that, the IPv6 global routing table is currently apporx 83k       entries.              The issue, why PIv6 was implemented anyhow .. first in the ARIN and APNIC       regions, then RIPE followed, is that multinationals and a bunch of other       organisations refused to do multihoming that way. One .. very valid reason ..       is that they didn't want to renumber, should they ever change provider. So       the exclusion of provider independant adressing in IPv6 was one of the       reasons, why the move to IPv6 didn't happen in a timely manner.              -M              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/32)        * Origin: The Alien Mindbenders BBS (2:263/5)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 19/10 25/0 21 90/1 120/340 601 203/0 221/0 6 226/30       SEEN-BY: 229/426 1014 240/5138 5832 5853 249/206 317 400 250/0 1 4       SEEN-BY: 250/5 8 32 261/38 263/5 280/464 5003 5006 5555 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 460/58 633/280 640/1384 712/848 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 2454/119 5019/40 5020/545 1042 12000 5053/58 5075/35       PATH: 263/5 250/1 280/5555 240/5832 229/426           |
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