Re: [apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects

[Anne Lord <]

hi Robert,

> There is no PI in IPv6.

> This can't be said often enough.

What is an IPv6 IX assignment?
  
> > With the values suggested:
> > 
> >  RIR-allocated
> >  LIR-allocated
> >  Assigned
> > 
> > this does not seem possible anymore.
> 
> Right. It is not necessary.

I think the distinction is important - it is very useful to be able to 
label address space as portable or non portable (or PI PA for RIPE) especially
as we still encounter many that think that all address space is portable.

> > To clarify, the values that APNIC would prefer to use are:
> > 
> > ALLOCATED PORTABLE 
> > ALLOCATED NON-PORTABLE  
> > ASSIGNED PORTABLE 
> > ASSIGNED NON-PORTABLE 
> 
> This does not take into account that there are no portable addresses,

what is an allocation from an RIR to you as an LIR? 

> and that there is an additional level "LIR-allocated" which IPv4 does
> not have.
 
In IPv4 this is something we plan to discuss with the community in the 
future as feedback to APNIC indicates that there is a requirement for it.

cheers,

Anne
--

> I like the original proposal of not having the status generated
> automatically, and giving them a meaning clearly reflected in the
> name.
> 

> Robert
>