[ipv6-wg] Have we failed as IPv6 Working Group?

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 09:24:13PM +0200, Anton Rieger wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 08:10:19PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> >Uh, no.  The IETF decides what it is, and if they say it's private
> >(like they did with RFC1918), then it is.
> >
> >If they say it's "reserved", it's not up for grabs (neither for the RIRs
> >not for any private deployment either).
> >
> >"Not RIR space" does not make it "private", there are at least 3 different
> >states.
> 
> Best examples are 1.1.1.1 and 5.5.5.5

1.1.1.1 is APNIC space, which was very officially given to CF and
documented as such.

inetnum:        1.1.1.0 - 1.1.1.255
netname:        APNIC-LABS
descr:          APNIC and Cloudflare DNS Resolver project
descr:          Routed globally by AS13335/Cloudflare
descr:          Research prefix for APNIC Labs

5.5.5.5 is part of Telefonica's allocation

inetnum:        5.4.0.0 - 5.7.255.255
netname:        DE-MEDIAWAYS-20120425
country:        DE
org:            ORG-TDG4-RIPE

... and anyone using it for their private VPN is squatting on address
space not belonging to him (and yes, I think this was a fairly bad 
decision "back when this space was still free" - even then it was not
"up for grabs").

Fairly easy this.  If it's not yours, or designated as "free for all",
you do not use it.  Otherwise the ghosts of the Internet will come and
haunt you.

Gert Doering
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