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Re: IP renumbering timeframe

  • From: Marshall Eubanks
  • Date: Thu May 30 23:03:32 2002

On Thu, 30 May 2002 17:52:55 -0700
 "Tony Hain" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
> 

OK 

> > 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.

Why not ? /32 with 32 bit ASN still leaves a /64 for each ASN.

Marshall

> 
> 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.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >                                   Regards
> >                                   Marshall Eubanks
> >
> >
> >
> > T.M. Eubanks
> > Multicast Technologies, Inc
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> >
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