IPv6 allocation from IANA.

Hello colleagues,

The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that we have received an allocation 
of IPv6 address space from the IANA and can start accepting requests 
for sub-TLA allocations. If you wish to request a sub-TLA from the RIPE 
NCC, please write to hostmaster at ripe.net. Please note that you have to 
be a Local IR in order to apply.

Early next week we will publish ripe-195, an IPv6 request form and 
ripe-196, the IPv6 policy document.

A current version of the policy document can already be seen on:
http://www/lir/registries/ipv6.html

The only change in the ripe-196 document will be the addition of a 
section on reverse DNS.

A draft version of the request form is now available if you write to 
hostmaster at ripe.net.

I include the announcement message from the IANA below.

Kind regards,

Paula Caslav
RIPE NCC

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From: "IANA" <iana at ISI.EDU>
To: <iana-announce at ISI.EDU>
Subject: Delegation of IPv6 address space
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:32:07 -0700

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Internet Community,

After much discussion concerning the policy guidelines for the 
deployment of
IPv6 addresses, in addition to the years of technical development done
throughout the Internet community, the IANA has delegated the initial 
IPv6
address space to the regional registries in order to begin immediate
worldwide deployment of IPv6 addresses.

We would like to thank the current Regional Internet Registries (RIR) 
for
their invaluable work in the construction of the policy guidelines, 
which
seem to have general consensus from the Internet community.  We would 
also
like to thank the efforts of the IETF community and the support of the 
IAB
in making this effort a reality.

If you have further questions concerning this issue, please contact your
RIR, or you may also contact the IANA at iana at iana.org.

The policy guidelines can be found online at one of the Regional 
Internet
Registries:

	http://www.apnic.net
	http://www.arin.net
	http://www.ripe.net

This is an historic moment in the continued development of the Internet.

Thank you for your valuable support and participation in the Internet
community.

Josh Elliott
On Behalf of the IANA Staff


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