{"draft":"draft-iesg-ipv6-addressing-recommendations-03","doc_id":"RFC3177","title":" IAB\/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites ","authors":["IAB","IESG"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"10","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"IESG","abstract":" This document provides recommendations to the addressing registries (APNIC, ARIN and RIPE-NCC) on policies for assigning IPv6 address blocks to end sites.  In particular, it recommends the assignment of \/48 in the general case, \/64 when it is known that one and only one subnet is needed and \/128 when it is absolutely known that one and only one device is connecting.  ","pub_date":"August 2001","keywords":["internet","architecture","board","engineering","steering","group","protocol"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":["RFC6177"],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC3177","errata_url":null}