[anti-abuse-wg] Re: Interaction between the RIPE and anti-abuse communities, was Draft Anti-Abuse WG Minutes ? RIPE 61

On Wednesday 02 February 2011 16.23, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> 2^128 IP addresses should be enough for anybody, eh?
If it was so. But in real life it more like 2^48 due to
waste at both ends 

( 64 bits off at lower end , used as "host identifier", 16 bits used
to separate which registrar, typoe of address etc )




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