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Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space
From: Jeroen Massar <jeroen () unfix org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:34:37 +0200
On 2012-07-18 00:21, Seth Mattinen wrote: [..]
Don't, because there's already a /10 defined for such things. It's called ULA (unique local address) aka RFC 4193. ULAs are not globally routable. Here's a calculator that will generate a random one for you: http://bitace.com/ipv6calc/
A random one indeed, because the javascript for it is just: 8<----------------------------------------------------- var calc_private = function() { var str = "fd"; for(i = 0; i<10; i++) { str = str + toHex(Math.floor(Math.random()*16)); if (i % 4 == 1) str = str + ":"; } $("#private_subnet").html("Your private subnet is: <code>"+str+":/48</code>"); $("#multicast1").val(str+":/48"); calc_multicast1(); ------------------------------------------------------->8 does not follow RFC4193 in any way at all. A such do not use it. The original real RFC4193 ULA generator script can be found at: http://www.kame.net/~suz/gen-ula.html google(ipv6 ula) for another page, that has been referenced often enough on this very list already, if you want to 'register' it there to avoid another small chance of collision, that page also uses the script from the above site for a true RFC4193 prefix. Greets, Jeroen
Current thread:
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space, (continued)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Skeeve Stevens (Jul 13)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jérôme Nicolle (Jul 14)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Owen DeLong (Jul 14)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Oliver (Jul 14)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Laurent GUERBY (Jul 14)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Owen DeLong (Jul 14)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Laurent GUERBY (Jul 15)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space bmanning (Jul 15)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Owen DeLong (Jul 15)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Owen DeLong (Jul 14)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jeroen Massar (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Seth Mattinen (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jeroen Massar (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jeroen Massar (Jul 17)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Seth Mattinen (Jul 17)