IPv6 assignments to DNS root servers in the RIPE region

At 14:09 +0100 24/4/02, Guy Davies wrote:
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>Hi Gert,
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>I think what Joao was suggesting was that if the nameserver had been
>in NASA's v6 block, then rapid renumbering would have made it viable
>to demand the whole block back from NASA when the nameserver was
>shutdown.  While this is nice in theory, I tend to agree with Randy
>that it is not very likely in reality for a huge organisation like
>NASA.

Actually, not quite. I don't believe in IPv6 rapid renumbering. If 
you allow people to put other services in an address block that block 
will always be out there, no one will be able to reclaim it (then 
again I once won the lottery, so strange things do happen).

Joao

>Regards,
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>Guy