@misc{rfc6164, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 6164, howpublished = {RFC 6164}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC6164}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6164}, author = {Yoshinobu Matsuzaki and Miya Kohno and Dr. Thomas Narten and Randy Bush and Becca Nitzan and Lorenzo Colitti}, title = {{Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router Links}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 2011, month = apr, abstract = {On inter-router point-to-point links, it is useful, for security and other reasons, to use 127-bit IPv6 prefixes. Such a practice parallels the use of 31-bit prefixes in IPv4. This document specifies the motivation for, and usages of, 127-bit IPv6 prefix lengths on inter-router point-to-point links. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }