[ipv6-wg] IPv6 policies & BGP announcements

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Florian Weimer wrote:

> * Clement Cavadore:
>
>> - Am I allowed to announce a prefix more specific than my LIR's /32
>> (originated from my ASN, not the LIR's one) ?
>
> This is really the LIR's call because it's within their prefix.  There
> are no other rules regarding prefix announcements.
>
>> - If I can announce a more specific prefix, do I have to announce a
>> couple of /48s, or may I announce a single /47, originated from my AS ?
>> If I can announce the /47, I assume the LIR has to create a route: object ?
>
> Not necessarily.  For IPv4, there are some folks who use RIR data to
> create filters, so having such an object would be beneficial.  I don't
> know about the state of IPv6 filtering.

The biggest problem is the state of IPv6 deployment itself :-(
But some transit providers start to ask about route6 objects, just like 
they do about route object (i.e. see rpslng). At least mine, does :-)


> A lot of operators likely
> discard anything longer than /32 in the RIR allocation space.

Probably.
Most people doesn't follow (or is aware) about:
http://www.space.net/~gert/RIPE/ipv6-filters.html

Perhaps the effect would be different if the RIRs would start to maintain 
these recommendations themselves.......


>> - Is there any recommendations I'd need to know for such a situation
>> (except becoming LIR, which is not possible for us at the moment) ?
>
> ARIN offers IPv6 PI space, perhaps you can get a /48 prefix which is
> supposed to be globally routable from them.
>


Best Regards,

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