IPv6 policy and Supernational-LIRs

On Wed, 29 May 2002, Kurt Erik Lindqvist KPNQwest wrote:

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> Now that we have the new IPv6 policy in place, and we have try and start
> using it, I have a small problem. We have been allocated a IPv6 block for
> the Supernational-LIR. However, the actual LIR consits of several ASes,
> each present at it's own IX and with it's own routing policy.
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> To me, a Supernational-LIR consists of several sub-LIRs. My problem is
> that RIPE will only allocate on /35 block to us, saying that is the
> allocation for our LIR. This means that we will end up having to break
> that block into smaller announcements, one per each sub-LIR.
>
> Could someone elaborate on the thinking behind this policy. To me it would
> routingwise make more sense to allocate a block per sub-LIR.


To me, it would make sense to allocate a /3x to each and every one who has
an AS#, and requests ipv6-space, then we would NOT have any problem like the
above or with 'multihoming' either. It is not like the adresses would be used-up
with this scenario..



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> Best regards,
>
> - kurtis -
>

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Regards

	/Fredrik

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