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> The first 32 bits form the minimum allocation size; you can't get assigned more addresses than this. Well that's not true, if the below linked article is to
by diminoten 14y ago
> The first 32 bits form the minimum allocation size; you can't get assigned more addresses than this.
Well that's not true, if the below linked article is to be believed. The DoD has a /16, which is twice as big (bitwise, it's substantially larger in absolute terms) as the /32 the article says is 'the minimum allocation size'.
aforementioned article: http://gcn.com/articles/2007/02/03/dod-to-allocate-its-ipv6-addresses.aspx http://gcn.com/articles/2007/02/03/dod-to-allocate-its-ipv6-...
- lucb1e 14y agoAnother commenter also pointed this out (which I happened to read first), and it has been corrected. Thanks for commenting!