Re: IPv6 addresses for Exchange Points
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:28:08 -0700 (MST)
> ->Exchange points need the ability to petition RIRs directly for address
> ->space not for routability, but to ensure uniqueness.
>
> I think exchange point infrastructure - web servers,monitoring,test traffic
> boxes, etc. need to be multihomed as well as globally unique.
I don't understand. An exchange point, as I think about well-known
implementations, is simply a means by which to organize participants in a
common place. It's an island to which multiple participants connect with
the explicit goal of interconnecting to one another.
Exchange point address space should only be used to establish those
interconnections with the routers - not for any ancillary services the
exchange point might provide that require internet connectivity. Such
services should *not* be part of any exchange point address policy
considered by LIR-WG, imo.
/david
