Re:Tell HN: Hacker News now supports IPv6
by throw0101d on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @08:13AM
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> Wait SLAACs aren't globally routable?
It is not the host-component of IPv6 that determines routability, it is the prefix.
If you have a link-local prefix (fe80::/10) then it is not global, if it is a private prefix (fc00::/7) then it is also not global; if it is part of IANA's unicast allocation (2000::/3) it is global.
It is not the host-component of IPv6 that determines routability, it is the prefix.
If you have a link-local prefix (fe80::/10) then it is not global, if it is a private prefix (fc00::/7) then it is also not global; if it is part of IANA's unicast allocation (2000::/3) it is global.