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Re: [lir-wg] IPv6 assignments to RIPE itself

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  • From: Gert Doering < >
  • Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:56:18 +0100
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Hi,

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 11:25:12AM -0000, matthew.ford@localhost wrote:
> Allocate /48s, exhaust existing RIR allocation, get more addresses from RIR.
> 
> I don't see the problem.

The current way that the RIRs and IANA allocates space *is* a problem,
because it leads to "multiple prefixes per LIR", which is bad bad bad bad.

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*.

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.

Gert Doering
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