[lir-wg] IPv6 assignments to RIPE itself

| > whois 2001:610:240:0:193::193
| inet6num:     2001:0610:0240::/42
| netname:      RIPE-NCC-IPv6
| descr:        RIPE NCC
| status:       ALLOCATED-BY-LIR
| 
| In my understanding, this is not an allowed usage sice RIPE must
| assign a /48 to themselves before the use the address space.
| 
| However, I rose this issue with them, and they claim there is not need
| for this.
| 
| Could someone please explain to me where my understanding of the
| allocation and assignment rules is flawed?
I do not agree with them (RIPE NCC). It is my understanding that everybody
that gets an allocation in IPv4, should make assignments from this to their
customers/downstream entities. There is common practice to assign /48s to
endsites. I think that IPv6 allocation/assignment should not be different
from the IPv4 world, so I don't think your understanding is flawed at all.

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