large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?]]

Tue Nov 23 01:29:42 UTC 2004

> To pick just one example, here is what AS714 is sourcing:
> 
>     Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
> * i17.0.0.0/9       8.21.82.85            80    110      0 65453 2914 
> 12182 714 i
> * i17.0.0.0         8.21.82.85            80    110      0 65453 2914 
> 12182 714 i
> ...
> If all active ASes did this we'd have a 400k routing table. So please 
> no PI in IPv6, not even for large enterprises.

i don't think that's a realistic proposition unless you intend ford and
wal-mart and others with big enterprise-wide ip networks to use NAT when
connecting their desktops.  some of these people use direct peering in
addition to transit-provider-of-the-month, and that's a good model for
overall internet growth and robustness.
-- 
Paul Vixie