Call for Comments

[Richard Jimmerson]

The RIRs are requesting comments on the Provisional IPv6 Assignment and
Allocation Policy Document, the global guideline for allocating IPv6
addresses. Working closely with the IPv6 community, this policy document was
developed jointly by ARIN, APNIC, and RIPE NCC, and was submitted to IANA on
May 28, 1999. With some additions, it was approved on July 14, 1999. Shortly
thereafter, IANA made the first formal delegations of IPv6 address space to
the RIRs for their allocation to qualified organizations.

Provision was made for a formal revision of the document after an initial
period of operational and administrative experience. Now that the document
has been posted for several months, and organizations have received sub-TLA
allocations, comments from the community would be helpful in making
insightful revisions.

The document can be found at the following location:

	http://www.arin.net/regserv/ipv6/IPv6.txt

While comments are welcome on any subject in the document, several topics
are of particular interest:

 * A definition of "transit provider"

 * Input for sections 4.2.3.2 Multihomed Sites, 2.1.4 NLA
   Registries, and 2.1.5 End-sites

 * Revising sections 4.2.8 Allocations to NLA Registries and 4.3.1
   Assignments to End-users

 * Adding sections entitled Guidelines for Allocations to NLAs,
   and Guidelines for Assignments to SLAs to aid in providing NLA
   and SLA reassignments.

Discussion of revising this document will be held on the
IP Allocation Policies Working Group (policy at arin.net)
mailing list.  If you would like to participate in this
discussion, please do so on the IP Allocation Policies
Working Group mailing list (policy at arin.net).

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The period for comment will end on January 21, 2000.

Best Regards,

Richard Jimmerson
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)