Hi, On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:01:35AM -0800, Michael Thomas wrote: > > On 11/20/21 10:44 AM, Chris Adams wrote: > > [] > > won out using unicast. Even if it has some niche uses, I seriously doubt > that it needs 400M addresses. If you wanted to reclaim ipv4 addresses it > seems that class D and class E would be a much better target than loopback.
I agree from an efficiency (= ratio of resources used vs. result achieved), but this wouldn't work in practice outside isolated environments for the same reasons why the 127/8 is not going to work: https://theinternetprotocolblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/some-notes-on-ipv4-address-space/ For the sake of the thread it should be noted that both the reception of and the response to the initial e-mail primarily happened over IPv6. I wish everybody a great weekend Enno -- Enno Rey Cell: +49 173 6745902 Twitter: @Enno_Insinuator
