[lir-wg] IPv6 assignments to RIPE itself

On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:06:35PM +0100,
 Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote 
 a message of 44 lines which said:

> But the IETF in their infinite wisdom decided that this is not what 
> people will want, so you're supposed to give them a /48.  Which, for

RFC 3177 explains in great detail the rationale behind this
recommendation. I suggest to read it.