IPv6 news

Mon Oct 17 10:42:42 UTC 2005

Just my 5 cents to the  topic:

Don't you all think that IPv6 would not be so neccessary for the very 
long time yet, if the IPv4 allocation scheme would be done right from 
the very very beginning?
If the allocation policies would be something like the ones for ASn's. 
I.e. when you ask for IP space allocation you must be in the need to set 
your own routing policies.
In any other cases you should use private network space with only one IP 
shown outside the network. Yes, this would be a headache for some 
appplications like IP telephony,
but, I don't see any problems in making the _correct_  protocols so they 
could work through NAT.

As what I see now is that a very large address blocks are allocated  to 
large companies,  what companies do with them? Correct, they ae 
installing them as IP's of workstations, when, if IPs 
would be treated as a very valuable resource from the beggining, they 
would have to use  at max /24 (well, may be 2 or three /24) for access 
routers.

When they are proposing  /48 allocation scheme for  IPv6 they  must be 
out of their mind, because in case such allocation will be ineffect, 
IPv6 address space will end shortly too.

Again, IPv6 is creating more problems then solve. Better solution would 
be to freeze IPv4 allocation, then force big IPv4 users to return the 
addresses to the "public pool",  and start
allocation from the white piece of paper, doing the things right.

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With best regards,
	GRED-RIPE