Exchange point requests for IPv6 address space

[Richard Jimmerson]

Hello Mark,

> would it be premature to debate this since one has
> not put any stake in the ground on what goes to the left of 
> the /48 wrt IANA, RIR's and LIR's/ISP's? Does it matter?

As discussed at the RIPE meeting, if it is true not more
than a /127 is needed to connect two peers at an exchange 
point, there should not be a need to consider an allocation
larger than a /64 or /48 for exchange points.

We do plan to soon begin a discussion on this mailing list 
about what goes to the left of the /48.

-Richard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-v6wg at arin.net [mailto:owner-v6wg at arin.net]On 
> Behalf Of Mark
> Kosters
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 8:06 PM
> To: Richard Jimmerson
> Cc: v6wg at arin.net
> Subject: Re: Exchange point requests for IPv6 address space
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:23:23AM -0400, Richard Jimmerson wrote:
> > The ARIN region currently has a policy in place for exchange 
> > points that applies to IPv4.  This policy can be found under 
> > the heading "Micro-allocations" at
> > http://www.arin.net/regserv/initial-isp.html
> 
> On the positive side, I think this is a good thing to start 
> debating micro 
> allocations for IPv6. In addition to the exchange points, the 
> root server 
> folx have debated the type of allocation (all IPv6 roots in 
> one block vs 
> separate small blocks vs size of the blocks). It would be 
> good to hear what the
> ARIN membership would desire to carry within their routing 
> tables regarding 
> roots and other critical infrastructure needs for IPv6.
> 
> On the negative side, would it be premature to debate this 
> since one has
> not put any stake in the ground on what goes to the left of 
> the /48 wrt IANA,
> RIR's and LIR's/ISP's? Does it matter?
> 
> Mark
> 
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> 
> Mark Kosters             markk at netsol.com       Verisign 
> Applied Research
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