RE: [address-policy-wg] 2008-01 New Policy Proposal (Assigning IPv6 PI to Every Inetnum Holder)

[Mohacsi Janos mohacsi@localhost]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, michael.dillon@localhost wrote:

> > And how many get cancelled each year because they are not
> > being paid for, and if they do it's much easier to remove a
> > domain name from the internet. Unless there would be an
> > active system with signatures it's very hard to make sure
> > cancelled PI/PA blocks will disappear from the DFZ.
> First of all, if a PI block is not paid for it will disappear
> from RIPE's DB. I would expect many ISPs to have an internal
> process for IPv6 Peering customers to regularly check the DB.
>
> Also, there are a number of groups which regularly analyze BGP
> announcements looking for things like bogons and ghost-routes.
> I would expect one or more of those groups to include unregistered
> PI blocks in their reporting. A greater number of ISPs will
> probably track these reports to make sure that they are
> following best practices.
Alternatively, PI holders should pay few (> 5) years IPv6 PI registration 
fee in advance...
Janos Mohacsi
Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network Planning and Projects
NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY
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