[6bone] semi-newbie Q on IPv6 address planning

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 01:42:49AM +0200, Magnus Ahltorp wrote:
> > > EUI-64 happens to be an IEEE standard, and not something that the
> > > ipngwg has invented. 
> > 
> > The existance of non-useful standards in other areas doesn't mean one 
> > has to use them for everything else needing 64-bit identifiers.
> 
> When going from EUI-48 to something that is 64-bit, isn't it natural
> to use the 64-bit variant, i.e. the EUI-64? I don't see how that is an
> arbitrary decision.

Well - using EUI-48 was arbitrary as well, and experimental to that.

So when redesigning the whole addressing architecture anyway, I can't
see any need to stay in a family of addressing standards if the "new"
one isn't useful.

Gert Doering
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