Failover IPv6 with multiple PA prefixes (Was: IPv6 fc00::/7 - Unique local addresses)

Mon Nov 1 04:05:54 UTC 2010

On Oct 31, 2010, at 12:12 PM, David Conrad wrote:

> On Oct 31, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>> Would it help if ARIN's policies were changed to allow anyone and everyone
>>> to obtain PI space directly from them (for the appropriate fee, of course), and
>>> then it was left up to the operating community to decide whether or not to
>>> route the smaller chunks of space?
>> I really don't expect this to be as much of an issue in IPv6.
> 
> Why would the commercial interests that have driven ISPs to remove long prefix length filters in IPv4 not apply to IPv6?
> 
I don't expect the IPv6 routing table to be long enough to drive prefix filtration
in the foreseeable future.

Owen