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Title : Unique IPv6 Prefix Per Host
Authors : John Jason Brzozowski
Gunter Van De Velde
Filename : draft-jjmb-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host-00.txt
Pages : 14
Date : 2015-10-19
Abstract:
In some IPv6 environments the need has arisen for hosts to be able to
utilise a unique IPv6 prefix even though the link or media may be
shared. Typically hosts (subscribers) on a shared network, like Wi-
Fi or Ethernet, will acquire unique IPv6 addresses from a common IPv6
prefix that is allocated or assigned for use on a specific link.
Benefits of a unique IPv6 prefix compared to a unique IPv6 address
from the service provider are going from enhanced subscriber
management to improved isolation between subscribers.
In most deployments today IPv6 address assignment from a single IPv6
prefix on a shared network is done by either using IPv6 stateless
address auto-configuration (SLAAC) and/or stateful DHCPv6. While
this is still viable and operates as designed there are some large
scale environments where this concept introduces significant
performance challenges and implications, specifically related to IPv6
router and neighbor discovery. This document outlines an approach
utilising existing IPv6 protocols to allow hosts to be assigned a
unique IPv6 prefix (instead of a unique IPv6 address from a shared
IPv6 prefix).
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-jjmb-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host/
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https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-jjmb-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host-00
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