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Re: CIDR FAQ

  • From: Scott Bradner
  • Date: Thu Aug 17 17:09:54 1995

> You can't strip a non-zero part of IPv6 address
> as this would cause transport layer pseudo-header checksum to fail

which is why the compatable address has 96 0s in the prefix

Scott