Hi All,
I just hear I can't use IPv6 PI network for hosting service. And I want to talk about it ;)
The main problem in IPv6 implementation in the real life is a lack of resources. A lot of ISPs (including our company) providing broadband and corporate access to IPv6 Internet. And now it is running globally, pings are pinging, traces are tracing... and so what? The main question users ask us "and so, what we can do with that new IPv6 Internet?".
The answer is NOTHING!
There is almost NO RESOURCES in IPv6 net! No sites, no pages, no freemails - NOTHING!
This makes IPv6 Internet absolutely USELESS for users. Really, unlike us, they do not become happy running bgpd and traceroute6. They need web resources. So why do you think all they change their common network to absolutely useless thing for them after IPv4 will run out?
Let's go forward.
Yes, a few hosters I know are big companies, LIRs, trade their traffic and so on. But majority are small companines have from one server to one-two racks of hosting servers. They will never become a LIR only for [useless now] IPv6 address space. But they host a huge piece of resources need by a lot of regular users.
Yes, IPv6 can provide hosting users a lot of good things, such as unique IP for every site, FTP/SSL/SMB/torrent/personal IP-based ACLs/... without extra costs and so on - this sure will stimulate them to move to IPv6. Yes, some of hosters are ready to obtain IPv6 network and play with it right now. And NO, most of them don't want to use upstream's networks, as there is almost impossible to change it after hundred of thousands of domains are linked with this network.
So I think we should ASAP change IPv6 PI policy to let hosting be the issue for IPv6 PI assignment.
-- WBR, Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253@FIDO)
Changing it in a way that it is allowed (as it is technically possible) to use IPv6 PI for co location/dedicated servers/shared hosting/VPS hosting/etc. would be a good point. Currently it is for us a reason not to support it yet. Another reason is that PFsense doesn't support it yet. Mark