[apnic-talk] Status field for inet6num objects

Anne Lord <anne at apnic.net> writes:

> What is an IPv6 IX assignment?

An assignment done by directly RIR from a non-routed block. Nothing
very special or warranting a special attribute value for it, IMHO.

> 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.

Which are portable assignments? I can only possibly see IX assignments
and the root server block.

> > > 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? 

A block from which non-portable addresses are assigned or allocated by
the LIR, thus "ALLOCATED NON-PORTABLE".

Which "ALLOCATED PORTABLE" blocks do you see?

How would you distinguish an allocation from RIR to LIR from that of a
LIR to some provider ("NLA")?

Robert