On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 00:38 -0600, Larry Vaden wrote:
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Always Learning centos@g7.u22.net wrote:
Today I received an allocation of IP6 addresses for some servers. I can 'play' with the last 2 of the 8 IP6 address segments.
I guess Will Rogers was correct after all :)
You can label yourself as "special" since others get assignments of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
https://www.arin.net/policy/archive/ipv6_policy.html#25 says, in part:
2.5. Allocate
To allocate means to distribute address space to IRs for the purpose of subsequent distribution by them.
2.6. Assign
To assign means to delegate address space to an ISP or end-user, for specific use within the Internet infrastructure they operate. Assignments must only be made for specific purposes documented by specific organizations and are not to be sub-assigned to other parties.
I was actually wrong. I can 'play' with not 2 but 4 groups of the IP6 allocation. Golly, what can I do with 64 x 64 x 64 x 64 address combinations? Hire then out? Have a different IP6 address for every hour of the year? Put the IP4 address in the last 4 groups? (2001::10.2.2.191)
That vast surplus of IP6 addresses is just for one server - I have several.