Re: CIDR FAQ

From: Scott Bradner (no email)
Date: Thu Aug 17 1995 - 15:15:00 EDT

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> You can't strip a non-zero part of IPv6 address
> as this would cause transport layer pseudo-header checksum to fail

which is why the compatable address has 96 0s in the prefix

Scott

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