Re: [ipv6-wg@localhost] Action points from the RIPE 43 meeting

[Andrei Robachevsky <]

Hi,

Gert Doering wrote:
> [..]
>
> > Thanks for bringing this issue up on the list. When approached initially 
> > by the IETF the RIRs jointly worked with the 6bone to see how 6bone 
> > address space could be incorporated into the registry system, providing 
> > registration services to participants of the 6bone.
>
> I wasn't talking about the "6bone integration into the RIR system"
> proposal.
>
> We need to have reverse delegation for the 3FFE space, under ip6.arpa, 
> and this has to happen *now*, not "at some point far away to the
> future when 6bone has ceased to exist and everybody is living peacefully
> under the RIR's hoods".
With regards to the proposal we are seeking a complete solution but do 
understand the urgency for this operational issue.


> There's no need for the RIRs to actually do anything, besides give up
> the blockade position "the 6bone is not a RIR and per the RFC, only
> RIRs can do reverse delegation under ip6.arpa".  Have IANA delegate
> e.f.f.3.ip6.arpa to the same set of servers as e.f.f.3.ip6.int (as
> per Bill Manning's request that was denied due to RIR disapproval), 
> and be done with it.
We are looking for a pragmatic solution to this technical problem. This 
will be discussed with the other RIRs in the course of the next week and 
at IETF. We expect to have a solution in place by the end of November.


> This is really *really* annoying, and it's hurting IPv6 deployment.
>
> Gert Doering
>         -- NetMaster
Regards,


Andrei Robachevsky
CTO, RIPE NCC