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Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space
From: Stephen Sprunk <stephen () sprunk org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:30:02 -0500
On 18-Jul-12 22:57, Karl Auer wrote:
I don't understand the professed need for provable randomness.
I think his concern is that if an SP generates a ULA prefix for a customer, and that prefix happens to collide with someone else's ULA prefix, the SP may wish to prove that it was a true collision rather than a result of the SP's laziness or incompetence. However, that concern does /not/ apply to those interested in ULAs in general. For the very limited community it does apply to, use a provable RNG instead of the one in RFC 4193. S -- Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Karl Auer (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jimmy Hess (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Karl Auer (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Mark Andrews (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Cameron Byrne (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space valdis . kletnieks (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Stephen Sprunk (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jimmy Hess (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Karl Auer (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Stephen Sprunk (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Mark Andrews (Jul 18)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Stephen Sprunk (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space valdis . kletnieks (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Saku Ytti (Jul 19)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Randy Bush (Jul 15)
- Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space Jimmy Hess (Jul 15)
- Re: Re: using "reserved" IPv6 space valdis . kletnieks (Jul 15)