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RE: IP renumbering timeframe

  • From: Tony Hain
  • Date: Thu May 30 20:55:40 2002

Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> Since I run a small AS :
>
> I like this idea.
>
> Since I believe in living dangerously :
>
> I also think that a /64 should be reserved in the IPv6 address space,

A /64 would have no use in the proposed scheme since it identifies a
single subnet. I suspect you really want a /32 set aside since that
would provide routable space to allocate /48's to each 16 bit AS.

> and (32 bit) ASN's should be given their own /32 in a GLOP
> like fashion
> for IPv6.

I don't think the concept scales to 32 bit AS.

Tony

>
> Leo Bicknell wrote:
>
> > In a message written on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:27:49AM
> -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> >
> >>I'd be mildly concerned that people would see "free IP
> blocks" and start
> >>using them even when not necessary. I think allocating them
> a /24 from
> >>this block only when they have demonstrated need, and don't
> have any other
> >>ARIN assigned blocks, would be far more efficient.
> >>
> >
> > Since the goal is to reduce paperwork, I'm not sure about
> 'demonstrated
> > need', but I could definately endorse "you get a /24 with
> your ASN if
> > and only if you have no other registry assigned space
> assigned to you".
> > I specifically exclude provider allocated space, as I'm
> assuming the ASN
> > goal is to multihome.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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>                                   Marshall Eubanks
>
>
>
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