[nsp] ipv6 address ::X/128 on Cisco router

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 12:11:08PM +0300, Mihai CHELARU wrote:
> On Friday 18 June 2004 01:00, Gert Doering wrote:
> > > isn't a single address perfect for a loopback interface?
> >
> > It is.  But not from the prefix "0".  You need to have some real
> > addresses there, and "0" is not (as of today).
> 
> ::1/128 should be accepted as it's the loopback address. 

Cisco routers never had an "127.0.0.1" IPv4 loopback address either.  

That's for hosts - what good would it do on a router?

gert
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