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[address-policy-wg] Re: [ipv6-wg at ripe.net] Policy for allocation of IPv6 address space from IANA to RIRs
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Gert Doering
gert at space.net
Tue Aug 10 13:19:51 CEST 2004
Hi,
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 12:03:08PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> On 10-aug-04, at 11:31, Gert Doering wrote:
>
> >The important thing about the "/6 approach" is that the initial /12s
> >(growing to /8s) are allocated with so much room in between that you
> >*can* grow to a /7 or /6, if necessary, and don't have to start a
> >second (or even more) block per RIR.
>
> Why is that important?
Because you want to avoid fragmentation. Please read up the RIPE-161
thread in the mailing list archives.
Gert Doering
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