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Can someone dumb down this explanation for me? Why this is a step backwards? I realize there is an absurd amount of IPv6 address space, but my Linode account o
by evilduck 16y ago
Can someone dumb down this explanation for me? Why this is a step backwards? I realize there is an absurd amount of IPv6 address space, but my Linode account only gets one IPv4 address for free, why is this different?
- syncsynchalt 16y agoIt's actually more work to give you one address (a /128) than to assign you a /64. Everything in ipv6 assumes a /64 is the basic unit of allocation. For example, the stateless autoconfiguration system that replaces much of DHCP assumes it has a /64 to work with. Linode probably has 4 billion /64s to play with (with options on trillions more if they should need it), why not give out one per customer?