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Re: Use of IPv6 /127 prefixes

  • From: Valdis.Kletnieks
  • Date: Tue May 01 04:03:52 2001 
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:00:23 PDT, Mike Leber <[email protected]>  said:
> Why do /127s work for point to point links?

Because a point-to-point has no *real* concept of "address" other
than "my end" and "your end".  There was a recent RFC regarding the
use of /31's in IPv4 space that relied on the same logic.

				Valdis Kletnieks
				Operating Systems Analyst
				Virginia Tech