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> Peter, > > > > > BTW - I have not studied the RFC's - so what will IPv6 do for us in > > the contect of routeing aggregation and latger boxes etc ? > > > > Couple of observations: > > 1. The ability to aggregate routing information depends > on how addresses are assigned, but does not depend on whether > addresses are 32 bits wide or 128 bits wide. > > 2. IPv6 address allocation architecture (see > draft-ietf-ipngwg-unicst-addr-allo-01.txt) is the same as IPv4. > (just so that folks who read this note would have no doubts, > the IPv6 Address Allocation Architecture document was written > by Tony Li and myself - the same people who wrote the CIDR Address > Allocation Architecture document). > > Conclusion: > > In the area of routing aggregation IPv6 will do for us *exactly the same* > as what IPv4 does. > With one notable exception.... No allocation legacies. That is there aren't any old badly-distributed ipv6 addresses floating around. This means that ipv6 aggregation should be substantially more effective than ipv4 CIDR has been. > Yakov. > Owen
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