Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

I believe that to be true.  In fact, I don't think Paul's connections 
probably
made it particularly easier for him to get his space to any extent other 
than
he might have some level of established credibility for the claims made
in his justification. (i.e. his honest may be a bit less suspect than
someone unknown to the RIR staff).

Owen


--On Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:32 PM -0600 Stephen Sprunk 
<stephen () sprunk org> wrote:

> Thus spake "Paul Vixie" <vixie () vix com>
> > iljitsch () muada com (Iljitsch van Beijnum) writes:
> > > Wow, IPv6 misinformation is reaching unprecendented heights here on
> > > NANOG...
> >
> > yes.  for example, you wrote...
> >
> > > There is currently no PI in IPv6 unless you're an internet exchange or
> > > a root server.
> >
> > ...but i really do think of 2001:4f8::/32 as PI, even though ISC is
> > neither
> > an IX nor a rootserver.  (f-root has its own /48, which is something
> > else.)
>
> So you're claiming that any IPv6 PI applicant without your political
> connections to the IESG, ARIN, IANA, etc. can get a /32?  I don't know
> exactly how many subnets/hosts ISC has, but I seriously doubt ISC could
> even get a PI /48 if you weren't buddies with the folks making allocation
> decisions.
>
> Most companies do not have the advantages you apparently take for
> granted; the IETF thus far has been adamant that only ISPs will get PI
> space, no matter how big an end-user site may be, exceptions for the
> IETF/IANA leadership's employers notwithstanding.
>
> S
>
> Stephen Sprunk         "God does not play dice."  --Albert Einstein
> CCIE #3723         "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
> K5SSS        dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking



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