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Re: Draft internic ip allocation doc
- From: bmanning
- Date: Thu May 18 15:48:38 1995
- Posted-date: Thu, 18 May 1995 06:38:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
> No, I think he means longer. IN-ADDR.ARPA can only be delegated on octet
> boundaries, so IN-ADDR for /16 and shorter prefixes will be delegated in /16
> chunks. IN-ADDR for prefixes longer than /16 must still be maintained by the
> root, since they cannot be delegated.
>
> this is a very bad thing, since it forces an ip NETWORK provider also
> to deal with the DNS of its customers, not just to assign a pointer to
> their DNS.
>
> when is this problem solved? with ipv6?
>
No, the problem is solved, just not widely deployed. There is no requirement
to delegate on octet bounds anymore.
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--bill
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