[ipv6-wg at ripe.net] IPv6 access to K-root

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 07:28:43PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> Since the ARIN micro allocation policy creates some problems, I was 
> curious what kind of address space RIPE uses for k-root. A /32 "macro 
> allocation", it turns out:
> 
> inet6num:     2001:07FD::/32
> netname:      K-rootserver-net-20030829
> descr:        This assignment given to k-root.server.net
> 
> I believe this ASSIGNment is in violation of existing IPv6 ALLOCATION 
> policies. I would be very interested in learning any information to the 
> contrary.

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6-rootservers.html

"Under this policy, each (current or future) Internet DNS root server
(as listed in the root-servers.net zone) in the RIPE region will be
assigned a block of IPv6 address space for purposes of root server
operations. The size of the block shall be the same as the size of the
minimum allocation to Local Internet Registries (LIRs) valid at the time
of the root server assignment."

An ALLOCATION makes no sense as no assignments would be done. The root
server operator IS the end user of the address space.


Regards,
Daniel

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