14 Jun
2004
14 Jun
'04
11:38 a.m.
Dear Laura, On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:36:40 +0200, Laura Cobley wrote: [...] Below are my views: >Below is an excerpt from the IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment >Policy: First some gerneral comment: IPv6 is *currently* primarily an experimental feature and - from business man's view: a cost factor -. If IPv6 should ever get some significant growth, please *make it as easy as possible* to implement it. Please *avoid unnecessary buerocracy*. > 1. According to this criterion, LIRs who are operators planning to only > make /64 assignments appear not to qualify. Was this the community's > intention? It is very unlikely that some LIR would *only* make /64 assignments (DSL ?), but: This criterion would be just another item to prevent IPv6 to become a significant factor in the Internet. Thus try to avoid it. > Which interpretation was intended regarding the number of > assignments? In my view it was the fear that small blocks would increase the IPv6 global routing table size. But again, please keep in mind: - The LIR min. alloc. was changed from /20 to /21 and the requirement of a min. usage was dropped to permit large organizations with redundant upstreams to become (paying ;-) RIPE NCC members instead of using PI. These organisations want to be independend from single ISP's. If you would now force them back to single ISP upstream with a min. number of assignments, you would either gain "plans" which are not worth the paper they are written on, or, they just won't use IPv6. - With today's router technology and decreased RAM pricing and increased bandwith between BGP speakers, the larger table should not be a big issue in the IPv6 area. The real implementation of IPv6 (not just small experimental traffic) will sooner or later require new routers with e.g. improved hardware forwarding. - Operating a LIR requires some continuous investment. The RIPE NCC membership costs are some barrier to prevent a polution of the IPv6 global routing table with no-traffic prefixes. Best Regards Oliver Bartels Oliver Bartels F+E + Bartels System GmbH + 85435 Erding, Germany oliver@bartels.de + http://www.bartels.de + Tel. +49-8122-9729-0