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Re: IPv6 Advertisements


From: Paul Vixie <vixie () vix com>
Date: 29 May 2007 16:45:53 +0000


I understand the problems but I think there are clear cut cases where
/48's make sense- a large scale anycast DNS provider would seem to be a
good candidate for a /48 and I would hope it would get routed. Then
again that might be the only sensible reason...

f-root does this on the IPv6 side:  2001:500::/48

Whether that's available everywhere on IPv6 networks, is as Bill 
pointed-out, another question.

<http://www.arin.net/reference/micro_allocations.html> explains what's going
on with that /48.  <http://www.root-servers.org/> shows some other /48's.  if
the RIR community wants "critical infrastructure" to use a /48, then f-root's
operator will comply.  if the RIR community changes its mind, then f-root's
operator will comply with that, too.
-- 
Paul Vixie


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