Re: [sig-policy]the size of sparse allocation

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Randy and all,

  Most of this is Kooky nonsense.  :/

Randy Bush wrote:

> > What would be a typical reservation size for large LIRs, say, with 1 million
> > subscribers, if the sparse allocation is implemented?
> >
> > If the answer is around /20 or so, I guess /12 is OK for IANA-RIR
> > allocation size.
>
> Q: how many allocations can there be of /12s?
> A: 512
>
> Q: from the view of address space conservation, is this prudent?
> A: possibly it is not
>
> Q: but isn't ipv6 address space effectively enormous?
> A: 64 bits are being used for a host identifier, so it is half
>    as long as you think at first
>
> randy
>
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