[address-policy-wg] IPv6 PI for HOSTING

Hi All,

I just hear I can't use IPv6 PI network for hosting service. And I want
to talk about it ;)

The main problem in IPv6 implementation in the real life is a lack of
resources.
A lot of ISPs (including our company) providing broadband and corporate
access to IPv6 Internet. And now it is running globally, pings are
pinging, traces are tracing... and so what? The main question users ask
us "and so, what we can do with that new IPv6 Internet?".

The answer is NOTHING!

There is almost NO RESOURCES in IPv6 net! No sites, no pages, no
freemails - NOTHING!

This makes IPv6 Internet absolutely USELESS for users. Really, unlike
us, they do not become happy running bgpd and traceroute6. They need web
resources. So why do you think all they change their common network to
absolutely useless thing for them after IPv4 will run out?

Let's go forward.

Yes, a few hosters I know are big companies, LIRs, trade their traffic
and so on. But majority are small companines have from one server to
one-two racks of hosting servers. They will never become a LIR only for
[useless now] IPv6 address space. But they host a huge piece of
resources need by a lot of regular users.

Yes, IPv6 can provide hosting users a lot of good things, such as unique
IP for every site, FTP/SSL/SMB/torrent/personal IP-based ACLs/...
without extra costs and so on - this sure will stimulate them to move to
IPv6. Yes, some of hosters are ready to obtain IPv6 network and play
with it right now. And NO, most of them don't want to use upstream's
networks, as there is almost impossible to change it after hundred of
thousands of domains are linked with this network.

So I think we should ASAP change IPv6 PI policy to let hosting be the
issue for IPv6 PI assignment.

-- 
WBR,
Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253 at FIDO)