[ipv6-wg at ripe.net] Policy for allocation of IPv6 address space from IANA to RIRs

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> On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 05:38:03PM +0200, leo vegoda wrote:
>> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/ipv6.html
>
> Very reasonable draft.
>
>  - starting with a /12 is "big enough" for the near future (there are
>    a couple of /20 allocation requests in the pipeline, but a /12 can
>    fulfill 128 of them before reaching 50%)
>
>  - adding individual bits, growing into the /6, ensures that the stuff
>    stays aggregateable-by-region

Agree. And this also more or less reflects the discussions we have had 
at least in the RIPE region.

> Personally, I would tend to start with /8s (instead of /12s), but I 
> know
> that this is way too radical for the conservative minds out there.  
> Based
> on that, a /12 is a reasonable compromise.

I don't think that starting with /8s would give much more benefit. What 
is not needed is strict and good assignment algorithms inside the RIRs.

- - kurtis -

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