[ppml] Policy Proposal 2006-4: IPv6 Direct PI Assignments forEnd Sites - revised text

[Thomas Narten]

Michael.Dillon at btradianz.com writes:

> It would be really helpful if the IAB would comment on
> the original thinking behind the IPv6 /48. There is
> far more uncertainty about this issue than there should
> be at this late date.

Not sure what exactly you are asking the IAB. BTW, RFC 3177 presumably
says what the IAB was thinking on /48s...

> > 6.2.9. End site
> > An end site is defined as an end user (subscriber) who has a business
> > relationship with a service provider that involves:

> > An end site is an organization that gets assignments and transit 
> > from an upstream.  Under this definition, if an organization gets
> > an (unaggregatable) PI assignment, it is not an end site.  A
> > remote office could be considered to be an end site.

Just to be clear, the above wording comes from
http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#six, which was developed by the
RIRs, not the IAB.

> I think that is overly simplistic.

Quite possibly.

Thomas