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?
It'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?
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?