IPv6/IXes [was: Re: IPv6 assignments to DNS root servers]

Thanks for your suggestion Xavier. This scenario of site multi-homing might
take care of global routable IPv6 services. But it is no solution for a
global reachable peering LAN.

With regards of services I would be reluctant to work this way. Only 12 of
130 members do "something" with IPv6. My guess is that only one might be
willing to assign a /48 out of their RIR TLA. Would not be a bases to deploy
IPv6 services? I don't think so. I would rather stick with our 6Bone /24
then.

With regards of a global routable peering LAN. I know there are pros and
cons to that. But those are for an IX and its members to decide on.

Thanks again for this constructive contribution.

Kind regards, Arien


On 24-04-2002 21:06PM, "Xavier Henner" <henner at nerim.net> wrote:

>> Afraid it will be a point of discussion until this issue is resolved
>> properly. Sorry.
>> 
>>> An IX is no different concerning *upstream* connectivity than any other
>>> "I want to be multihomed" customer.
>> 
>> Who's customer? Please do understand that some IXes just can not be a
>> customer of one individual member.
> 
> Why not be a "customer" af ALL individual members ?
> 
> If ISP X want to be on AMS-IX, you give an IP from the /64.
> And the ISP gives you a /48 and transit.
> 
> There is still the multihoming problem, with a little change :
> AMS-IX will have a lot of upstreams.
> 
> You have independance and neutrality for your transit.
> 
> The /64 is given directly by the RIR : you have independance and neutrality
> for
> your IP adresses
> 

> The /64 has not to be routable globally.
>

Not nescesaraly but for analisye an trouble shooiting purposes we think this
this is desirbale to have this glopbaly routable.
 
> 
> For the DNS root servers, the problem is that they must have a real PI adress
> which is routable globally and which will never change.
>

I recognize this.
 
> 
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> Xavier Henner
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> Nerim -- Fournisseur d'accès à Internet
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> 
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