Re: [address-policy-wg] 2005-08 New Policy Proposal

[Gert Doering <]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 10:43:33AM +0200, Jørgen Hovland wrote:
> >>End Users are assigned an End Site assignment from their LIR or ISP. The
> size of the assignment is a local decision for the LIR or ISP to make, using
> a minimum value of a /64 (only one subnet is anticipated for the End Site).
> 
> I have a general question:
> If the allocation is less than /64, lets say 10 addresses, can I allocate
> IPv6 addresses from our /64 pool instead of allocating a /64 in the RIPE DB
> to the customer? Or do I have to allocate a /64 in the DB and then give the
> customer the 10 addresses?
> I guess I can assign a /64 to the customer in the DB anyway, but the
> customer will never get the entire /64, only the 10 addresses.

Why should anyone want to give a customer 10 IPv6 addresses, and *not*
a full /64?

This would be very much against the spirit of IPv6 - "have enough addresses,
and no questions asked".

Inside an ISP's /32, there are 4 billion /64s.  More than enough for
your customer base, how large it may be.

Gert Doering
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