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dspillett • today at 5:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yes, the whole address is 128 bits.

Hence my having a /64 (/48 in fact, should I ever enable more than the current /64) shows that 64-bits is enough for global addressing. If it wasn't then giving me a /64 would be part of a path to creating an address exhaustion problem just like the one with IPv4 (which was exacerbated somewhat by handing out /8 ranges unnecessarily in the early days).


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arjie • today at 6:28 PM

Ah, I misunderstood while skimming the comment thread. Reasonable claim. Thanks for explaining.