[Wikimedia-l] Update on IPv6

[Erik Moeller]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Huib Laurens <sterkebak at gmail.com> wrote:

> In our case here we give away /48 IPV6 to users by default. So I'm
> wondering, when a IP vandalize Wikipedia or any other project and a block
> will be placed, how is this done?
>
> Will the block just "hit" the IP or will it block a complete range to start
> with?

My understanding is that it currently doesn't apply a range by
default, so it would just hit the specific IP unless you apply a CIDR
suffix like /48 or /64. This is discussed in more detail here:

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24294
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Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation

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