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[ipv6-wg at ripe.net] New IPv6 Address Block Allocated to RIPE NCC
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Tim Chown
tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Jun 14 15:24:15 CEST 2004
Giving /8's now seems quite practical. On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 03:19:37PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 05:56:19AM -0700, william(at)elan.net wrote: > > Personally I don't see anything wrong with IANA reserving /8 for RIPE and > > specifying so on its page, but I really don't see why it should immedialy > > allocate that much space, as /8 would be what RIPE needs if half of its > > current membership requested ipv6 and somehow i dont think this is what > > is happening, you dont even have 10% of your membership doing it yet... > > The big advantage of using decent-size blocks is that the respective > RIRs can use more efficient distribution algorithms (binary-chop, for > example, see RIPE-261) inside their block. > > Also there is no *reason* for this, except "job security by introducing > needless bureaucracy". > > Conservation is not an issue (there are 64 /8s inside FP 001 - giving > each RIR a /8 will leave 59 /8s, with a high chance that the RIRs will > not ever come back asking for more), and "we need to make sure that > the RIRs know what they are doing" is also a non-issue, regarding the > given clue distribution at the ICANN / RIR level. > > Nobody has ever given a good reason for this insistence on /23 allocations, > except that, years ago, the IESG had recommended this (for the initial > ICANN -> RIR allocations). > > Gert Doering > -- NetMaster > -- > Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 60210 (58081) > > SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster at Space.Net > Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 > 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299
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