[arin-ppml] A modest proposal for IPv6 address allocations

[Scott Leibrand]

FWIW, the IANA only got 1/8 of the IPv6 space. The IETF left the rest  
to future generations.

/56 makes a lot of sense for residential allocations, but not for  
assignments from ARIN. I think /48+ for end users with ASNs, and /32+  
for LIRs (anyone who reassigns /48s) is still the right way to go. IMO  
we just need to simplify our definitions a bit.

-Scott

On May 30, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Not sure about all the details, but I like the fact
>> that we'd be able to do away with the ISP/end-user distinction,  
>> make it
>> easy to get a /48, and provide a simple growth path for the most  
>> common
>> cases...
>>
>> -Scott
>
> Ditto.
>
> But, let me express (uncharacteristically) some concern about overly  
> liberal initial allocations. (e.g., why not a /56?) From the  
> standpoint of developing countries, there is some legitimate concern  
> about reproducing the land rush phase of IPv4 address allocations  
> (oops, there goes 1/3 of the space....)