Re: [ipv6-wg] De-aggregation of assigned IPv6 prefixes?

[Gert Doering <]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:46:57AM +0100, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6policy.html#initial_criteria
> reads amongst others:
> 8<-------------------
> c) plan to provide IPv6 connectivity to organisations to which it will
> assign /48s by advertising that connectivity through its single
> aggregated address allocation
> -------------------->8
> 
> According to the above, after the /48, can one announce more specifics
> or should/must one not do this? (*)

When this came up last time, the explanation was "it is the LIR's duty
to make sure that the aggregate will always be visible!"  (so that the
individual networks need not be announced).

It's not meant to prohibit announcing more-specifics, though (which
RIPE can't do anyway).

Gert Doering
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