[address-policy-wg] inputs on possible policy proposal for IPv6

Wed May 2 17:04:05 CEST 2018

Of course, in case it was not clear, I didn't want to mean "because ARIN did that, we should do the same as well". It was just a matter of providing context.

Regards,
Jordi

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De: address-policy-wg <address-policy-wg-bounces at ripe.net> en nombre de Gert Doering <gert at space.net>
Fecha: miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2018, 9:35
Para: JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <jordi.palet at consulintel.es>
CC: RIPE Address Policy WG List <address-policy-wg at ripe.net>
Asunto: Re: [address-policy-wg] inputs on possible policy proposal for IPv6

    Hi,

    On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 07:25:12AM -0500, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via address-policy-wg wrote:
    > ???As you probably know, ARIN amended some time ago their IPv6 policy proposal in order to make sure that the allocations to LIRs are aligned to the nibble boundary.

    Speaking as a long-time IPv6 user, I see no real benefit in this.

    Yes, a /29 means I have to set up 8 reverse DNS zones, instead of one.

    Bummer.

    And my IP management tool might need to learn about non-magic bit numbers
    (but it will need to understand that anyway if I do reasonably-sized
    internal suballocations, like "a /34 for a region" and not "a /36 because
    the tool cannot do /34s").

    "Just because ARIN does it" is also not a good reason to follow suit - 
    like, "lots of people going for /36 allocations, because /32 is too
    big and, priced-by-size, too expensive"...

    (But this is strictly my *personal* opinion.  If there is sufficient 
    support in the WG, I'll shepherd a corresponding proposal, of course)

    Gert Doering
            -- long time IPv6 allocation holder
    -- 
    have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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