[address-policy-wg] Just say *NO* to PI space -- or how to make it lessdestructive

Hi,

On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 10:07:58AM +0100, Michael.Dillon at btradianz.com wrote:
> > I accept that PI for BGP multihoming purposes is - today - one of the 
> more
> > reasonable ways to achieve the goal (ISP independence and resilience), 
> but
> > I still hope that we won't ever see the "let's get PI once, and never 
> have 
> > to renumber again!" land rush.
> 
> You do realize that in IPv6 there is enough address space
> to supply such a "land rush" in an orderly manner so that 
> everyone gets their unique PI block?

The problem is not the amount of address space.  The problem is the
pressure on the AS numbers, and the amount of slots in the global 
routing table.  Which, as a matter of fact, won't be able to handle
"an unique PI block for everyone" (5 billion?) any time soon.

Gert Doering
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