You need to read all the policies before making such statements. For example that explains the /32 in LACNIC. RIRs can be considered, and in fact they are, critical infrastructures, and in some regions, then they get a /32, and while you can't warrantee that a /48 will be filtered, I agree that a /32 is the right size for any critical infrastructure. Regards, Jordi
De: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org> Organización: Unfix Responder a: <jeroen@unfix.org> Fecha: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:18:25 +0100 Para: <jordi.palet@consulintel.es> CC: <ppml@arin.net>, RIPE Address Policy <address-policy-wg@ripe.net>, "IPv6 in Africa <afripv6-discuss@afrinic.net>" <afripv6-discuss@afrinic.net>, APNIC IPv6 <global-v6@lists.apnic.net>, Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie>, <aalain@trstech.net> Asunto: Re: [GLOBAL-V6] [ppml] How to get a IPv6 /32 the cheap way: go to AFRINIC
JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
Jeroen,
This is just ridiculous.
What is ridiculous is that /32's are getting wasted and will never be used. What is also ridiculous is that RIR policies are trying to avoid end-sites getting /48's in some places who need it to 'control routingtable entries' but then this shows up as a full /32 that never will be used.
Now *THAT* is what is ridiculous.
I have no problem at all with an organization receiving a justified /48, but a /32 for an organisation that will never ever use more than a /40 is ridiculous.
All the RIRs have their own /32 for their internal usage.
APNIC has one indeed: 2001:dc0::/32 but the rest doesn't. ARIN has a 2001:500::/48 which is more correct, they won't need much more. Where exactly is the one for RIPE, ARIN and LACNIC? See that is not !ALL!
RIPE even went so far to use 2 /48's (SURFNET+BIT) to avoid coming into the mess of being preferential to themselves.
Also, since when is a RIR special in anyway? Also, since when do those networks justify the need of 65536 /48's?
The point is not about AFRINIC, it is about wasting address space without justification.
Alain Patrick AINA wrote:
This does not meet the requirements above. So you won't get it.
It fully does, how else did AFRINIC assign a /32 to themselves?
Nick Hilliard wrote:
Frankly, I fail to see the problem here. IMO, bona-fide LIRs should be entitled to an ipv6 allocation under these terms at least in the RIPE region.
I agree that when an organization can justify (using HD ratios etc) the need for address space that they will fully be able to get that address space without any issues. But is AFRINIC (10-50 people) able to justify a /32 based on that?
Greets, Jeroen
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