29 May
2009
29 May
'09
9:59 a.m.
1. requires an ipv6 allocation for use on a private network 2. meets all the other requirements of the IPv6 address allocation policy 3. requires unique addresses (e.g. interconnecting with other private ipv6 networks)
According to the language of RFC 2050, points 1 and 3 contradict each other. If an organization requires addresses for interconnecting with other networks, then they are NOT a private network. Internetworks that do not connect to the public Internet are still require globally unique addresses for each of the participating networks. In the IPv4 world there are several such non-public internetworks which can connect thousands of organisations and I expect this to also happen in the IPv6 world. --Michael Dillon