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		borumpilot on Dec 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Giving every IPv6 address a name I would prefer to "A /64 in IPv6 land is the equivalent of a single public IPv4/24 for most practical purposes."

jandrese on Dec 17, 2019 [–]

Back in the 80s or possibly 90s that might have worked, but an experienced admin today will look at a /24 and go "I can support 16 sites with that", whereas a /64 is really the smallest allocation you should see with IPv6, like a single IP address in IPv4.

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