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And yet many hosting companies are only handing out a /64 to hosts, which some software has issues dealing with less than /64 (if running a vm). Currently compa
by withinboredom 4y ago
And yet many hosting companies are only handing out a /64 to hosts, which some software has issues dealing with less than /64 (if running a vm). Currently companies are buying/selling huge blocks of space, just like the early days of ipv4 (like Apple owning a whole /8 still).
Yes, you logic of "there's plenty to go around" works, until the feast is over and everyone owns something because it is so cheap.
- bombcar 4y agoMine gave me a 64 but I was able to set dhcpv6 or whatever it is to request a 56 and got it.
- withinboredom 4y agoThat works if you have dhcpv6, but in my experience, most hosting is static.
- bombcar 4y agoYeah, this is for a home connection.
- kemotep 4y agoWell that certainly is an issue I can agree with. Properly managed IPV6 has far and away enough addresses. I can see how failing to properly allocate address space can lead to the same issues as IPV4.
- pantalaimon 4y ago> many hosting companies are only handing out a /64 to hosts That's why variable SLAAC is about to become a thing https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mishra-6man-variable-slaac/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mishra-6man-variable-...