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points by arjie 12 hours ago | 0 comments
128 innit? Otherwise your /64 would have no subnets.
[–] dspillett 10 hours ago
Yes, the whole address is 128 bits.

Hence my having a /64 (/48 in fact, should I ever enable more than the current /64) shows that 64-bits is enough for global addressing. If it wasn't then giving me a /64 would be part of a path to creating an address exhaustion problem just like the one with IPv4 (which was exacerbated somewhat by handing out /8 ranges unnecessarily in the early days).

[–] arjie 9 hours ago
Ah, I misunderstood while skimming the comment thread. Reasonable claim. Thanks for explaining.