Bogus bogon?

Mon Jul 8 20:55:19 UTC 2002

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Rob Thomas wrote:

> Hi, John.
>
> > 192.88.99.0/24 which is the 6to4 anycast network.  Do we really
> > want to be filtering that prefix?
>
> Good question.  I'm re-reading RFC 3068 now, and the RFC appears to
> allow for the advertisement of this prefix into the global table.
> I'm wondering if this is wise, however.  It seems this prefix would
> best be used internally.  What do others think?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob.

I believe the idea is that it typically comes from outside
one's domain because it's supposed to allow edge islands of
IPv6 to find the mainland.  If you had a connection to the
mainland under your control, you wouldn't need this trick to
get there.

At least that's my understanding.

Tony