[lir-wg] IPv6 assignments to RIPE itself

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 13:56:18 +0100, Gert Doering wrote:

> Alexander Gall has summarized it pretty well - if we want to give out
> /48s freely, then the quite conservative RIR->LIR allocation policy 
> currently in place *hurts*.

Very true if you mean that you cannot build a reasonable hierarchy.

> As for the argument "are universities ISPs"?  Yes, at least over here,
> a fair number of them are providing IP connectivity to the student's 
> hostels via leased line/ethernet, and to all other students via ISDN/Modem
> dialup.  So for all address management purposes, they are ISPs.

This is true in the Netherlands too. Yes, I think those should be treated
as ISPs, probably getting a prefix (>> /48) from their NRN.

	rvdp