A Farewell to ARPs: IPv4 Service on IPv6-Only Networks

(labs.ripe.net)

49 points | by speckx 22 hours ago

3 comments

  • throw0101d 16 hours ago
    ARP is not an issue at smaller scales, but at larger ones it can cause problems. Reducing the L2 broadcast 'blast radius' is one of the touted benefits of EVPN (which use may be worth considering once you get above ~20 switches):

    * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_z37Rq7qgY

  • inigyou 15 hours ago
    Saw this in IETF already but it's not clear why it's useful especially as the old path still needs to be implemented for compatibility. TFA is obviously LLMslop, which is very disappointing from RIPE.
    • _bernd 4 hours ago
      I don't get your question? If you use a /32 then there is no broadcast address and no ARP. And the /32 are then announced by your internal routing protocol.
  • alhidade 17 hours ago
    > That's real, but it understates the problem.

    It's all so tiresome.

    • illliillll 49 minutes ago
      What drives people to post blatant slop like this?