[address-policy-wg] IPv6 PI for HOSTING
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Mark Scholten
mark at streamservice.nl
Tue Dec 22 13:58:57 CET 2009
> Hi All, > > I just hear I can't use IPv6 PI network for hosting service. And I want > to talk about it ;) > > The main problem in IPv6 implementation in the real life is a lack of > resources. > A lot of ISPs (including our company) providing broadband and corporate > access to IPv6 Internet. And now it is running globally, pings are > pinging, traces are tracing... and so what? The main question users ask > us "and so, what we can do with that new IPv6 Internet?". > > The answer is NOTHING! > > There is almost NO RESOURCES in IPv6 net! No sites, no pages, no > freemails - NOTHING! > > This makes IPv6 Internet absolutely USELESS for users. Really, unlike > us, they do not become happy running bgpd and traceroute6. They need > web > resources. So why do you think all they change their common network to > absolutely useless thing for them after IPv4 will run out? > > Let's go forward. > > Yes, a few hosters I know are big companies, LIRs, trade their traffic > and so on. But majority are small companines have from one server to > one-two racks of hosting servers. They will never become a LIR only for > [useless now] IPv6 address space. But they host a huge piece of > resources need by a lot of regular users. > > Yes, IPv6 can provide hosting users a lot of good things, such as > unique > IP for every site, FTP/SSL/SMB/torrent/personal IP-based ACLs/... > without extra costs and so on - this sure will stimulate them to move > to > IPv6. Yes, some of hosters are ready to obtain IPv6 network and play > with it right now. And NO, most of them don't want to use upstream's > networks, as there is almost impossible to change it after hundred of > thousands of domains are linked with this network. > > So I think we should ASAP change IPv6 PI policy to let hosting be the > issue for IPv6 PI assignment. > > -- > WBR, > Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253 at FIDO) Changing it in a way that it is allowed (as it is technically possible) to use IPv6 PI for co location/dedicated servers/shared hosting/VPS hosting/etc. would be a good point. Currently it is for us a reason not to support it yet. Another reason is that PFsense doesn't support it yet. Mark
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