ARIN IPv6 Policy

[bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com]

> At 08:12 03/12/2001 -0700, David R Huberman wrote:
> >  Ray might have said:
> >> "ARIN will allocate IPv6 addresses according to the Internet Draft
> >>	<http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iesg-ipv6-addressing
> >>	-recommendations-00.txt>. 
> >> This policy will be regularly reviewed and modified subject to
> >> operational experience."
> >
> >Global Crossing supports the ARIN AC's policy recommendation.
> 
> 
> Speaking only for myself...
> 
> I have recently heard rumbles that this IPv6 allocation policy is STILL a
> topic of intense discussion within the IESG/IAB -- not at all the done deal
> that many of us might have assumed.

	Some of us had no such illusions. Hence the change, adding
	the last sentence... "regularly reviewed & modified subject
	to experience..."

> With that in mind, I would respectfully suggest that we (ARIN) consider
> deferring action to give things time to sort themselves out.

	Why wait?  With the last proviso in place, we can let ARIN get on
	with the process of getting v6 assets in play so we can gain
	the Operational Experience needed to make sane recommendations.
	Otherwise we wait on the IAB/IESG to "consider" away w/o any
	operational feedback from ARIN. They will get it from APNIC & RIPE.

> 
> Cheers,
> - Scott
>