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

Joao Damas;

> The point I raised has nothing to do with how multi6 intends to achieve 
> it's goals, rather with the fact that the current attitude towards 
> policy making for IPv6 seems to have the underlying assumption that 
> there is a need to drastically reduce the number of organisations that 
> can get allocations to reduce the number of entries in the routing 
> table. This happens at the same time that there is a group working on 
> solutions so it shows little faith in the outcome of the work.

In multi6 WG, there certainly is a proposal to reduce the number of
TLAs.

> I am arguing for a change in mentality that, while keeping memory of the 
> good lessons learned in IPv4 (eg. allocation size related to network 
> size, via variable sized prefixes) does not keep newcomers from 
> deploying IPv6 (eg. a LIR -> an allocation or variations)

Then, accept the fact that we can't have so much TLAs.

A simple way to do so is to allow TLAs only to national IRs.

There are other ways, too.

							Masataka Ohta