Re: IPv6 news

[Joe Abley <jabley () isc org>]

On 16-Oct-2005, at 10:27, John Reilly wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 22:02 -0700, David Conrad wrote:
>
> > I _really_ wish people would stop saying '"unlimited"' or 'almost
> > infinite' when talking about IPv6 address space.  It simply isn't
> > true, even in the theoretical sense, and particularly given how
> > address space is being allocated now.  It also gives many people the
> > wrong impression: that IPv6 addresses will mean every grain of sand
> > in the Universe (or whatever) can have portable address space.
>
> Am I mistaken in thinking that if shim6 (or something like it) did
> exist, that portable address space could be allocated to everyone  
> (maybe
> with a different allocation policy?) to be used as (shim6)  
> identifiers.

Yes, you're mistaken. The locator identifier is chosen from the  
host's pool of upper-layer identifiers.

Many people speculating and asking questions in this thread would do  
very well to take a quick read through this high-level description:

  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-shim6-arch-00.txt

Note also (as Susan mentioned) the IAB is facilitating a BOF on IPv6  
multi-homing in Los Angeles, for those who are planning to attend.


Joe