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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ breadcrumbs:
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- While still needed for the full internet, internal networks may be IPv6-only.
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- Larger address space.
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- Simpler and more structured address plans.
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- - All subnets are /64 regardless of the number of hosts/interfaces (excluding e.g. /127 linknets).
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+ - All subnets are (shoul be) /64 regardless of the number of hosts/interfaces (excluding e.g. /127 linknets).
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- Extra information can be embedded in the address.
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- No need for NAT.
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- Restores end-to-end princible.
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@@ -407,10 +407,11 @@ breadcrumbs:
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- Find out how much space you need before requesting it.
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- If you didn't get enough, ask for more.
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- All subnets should be /64.
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- - Event point-to-point links.
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- - Does not focus on address conservation.
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- - Does not require any VLSM.
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- - Required by SLAAC and many other mechanisms and protocols.
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+ - Convention where all networks are of the same length, making "/64" synonymous with "network" and makes all networks addressable with exactly 64 bits or 16 hexadecimals (ignoring zero compression).
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+ - Address conservation should not be taken into account, there's enough /64 prefixes.
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+ - Avoids pointless VLSM, a thing of the past.
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+ - Required by e.g. SLAAC and unicast-prefix-based IPv6 multicast addresses (RFC 3306).
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+ - Even for point-to-point links (/127) and loopbacks (/128), such that uplinks always use ":0", downlinks always use ":1" and loopbacks always use in ":0".
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- Topology aggregation VS policy/service aggregation.
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- Suggested information to include in the prefix:
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- Region.
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