Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption - Sparse IPv6 allocation
Joel Jaeggli
joelja at bogus.com
Mon Oct 18 20:13:58 UTC 2010
On 10/18/10 12:42 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
>
> I have a few customers whose allocations are /29 away from their
> nearest neighbor (half a nibble). That seems a little close
> considering there is a lot of talk about doing nibble boundaries, and
> there doesn't seem to be consensus yet.
>
> For these customers, I don't think they will need more than a /29,
> but if we collectively decide that a /28 is the next step from a /32,
> how will the older allocations be dealt with? This is pretty much a
> rhetorical question at this point, and I suppose the proper thing to
> do is to channel these questions toward the PPML for discussion as
> potential policy.
back in the distant past we were issued a /35, policy changed, we
returned it and on 2001 7/11 we were issued our current /32
> thanks, -Randy
>
> -- | Randy Carpenter | Vice President, IT Services | Red Hat
> Certified Engineer | First Network Group, Inc. | (419)739-9240, x1
> ----
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Randy -
>>
>> We'll likely put that out to the ARIN community for consultation at
>> the point in time when becomes a potential issue. I expect we will
>> have plenty of time before that needs to be considered at the
>> present rate of allocation.
>>
>> /John
>>
>> John Curran President and CEO ARIN
>>
>> On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> Can you tell us at what degree the bisection stops? i.e. does it
>>> keep going until there are no spaces left, or will you leave
>>> some space in between each one to leave some room for future
>>> needs for orgs that already have allocations?
>>>
>>>
>>> -Randy
>>>
>>> -- | Randy Carpenter | Vice President, IT Services | Red Hat
>>> Certified Engineer | First Network Group, Inc. | (419)739-9240,
>>> x1 ----
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> On Oct 18, 2010, at 2:18 PM, David Conrad wrote:
>>>>> On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Jack Bates wrote:
>>>>>> ARIN does reservations (unsure at what length, but at least
>>>>>> down to /31).
>>>>>
>>>>> Do they still do that? Back when I was at IANA, one of the
>>>>> justifications the RIRs gave for the /12s they received was
>>>>> that they were going to be using the 'bisection' method of
>>>>> allocation which removes the need for reservation. Last I
>>>>> heard, APNIC was using the bisection method...
>>>>
>>>> ARIN is doing the same (the 'bisection' method) with our IPv6
>>>> management since January 2010: we refer to the "sparse
>>>> allocation" approach and it was requested by the community
>>>> during the ARIN/NANOG Dearborn meeting.
>>>>
>>>> FYI, /John
>>>>
>>>> John Curran President and CEO ARIN
>
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