[address-policy-wg] IPv6 Policy Clarification - Initial allocation criteria "d)"

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:21:39PM +0100, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:
> You have come right to the crux of the problem. The rules make it 
> unnecessarily difficult to get IPv6 addresses which makes it hard
> for LIRs to get the addresses needed to run trials. 

For trials, you don't need your own allocation.

If you're serious about deployment, you can get an allocation.

[..]
> This means that the risk of doing the wrong thing is vastly
> smaller than it was with IPv4. We should plan to err on the side
> of simplicity and flexibilty, i.e. give everyone an IPv6 allocation
> if they already have an IP network. There is very little downside
> to doing this.

The members of all the RIR communities (*you*) have clearly voiced that
they did not want this.  *I* did propose, some years in the past, to
just give a /32 to every LIR that asks for it...

Gert Doering
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