[arin-ppml] draft-ietf-v6ops-3177bis-end-sites-00
Lea Roberts
lea.roberts at stanford.edu
Mon Oct 25 15:58:09 EDT 2010
On Mon, 25 Oct 2010, William Herrin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:13 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
>> The IETF Internet-Draft titled "IPv6 Address Assignment to End Sites" is
>> in last call on the v6ops mailing list. If you want to participate in
>> the last call, please do so on the v6ops list. Abstract and mailing list
>> information:
>>
>> Abstract
>>
>> RFC 3177 argued that in IPv6, end sites should be assigned /48 blocks
>> in most cases. The Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) adopted that
>> recommendation in 2002, but began reconsidering the policy in 2005.
>> This document revisits and updates the RFC 3177 recommendations on
>> the assignment of IPv6 address space to end sites. The exact choice
>> of how much address space to assign end sites is an issue for the
>> operational community. The role of the IETF is limited to providing
>> guidance on IPv6 architectural and operational considerations. This
>> document reviews the architectural and operational considerations of
>> end site assignments as well as the motivations behind the original
>> 3177 recommendations. Moreover, the document clarifies that a one-
>> size-fits-all recommendation of /48 is not nuanced enough for the
>> broad range of end sites and is no longer recommended as a single
>> default.
>>
>> This document updates and replaces RFC 3177.
>
> This appears to be:
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-3177bis-end-sites/
>
> Is that correct?
yes, that is correct... /Lea
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