Re: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption - Sparse IPv6 allocation

[Randy Carpenter <rcarpen () network1 net>]

John,

Can you tell us at what degree the bisection stops?  i.e. does it keep going until there are no spaces left, or will 
you leave some space in between each one to leave some room for future needs for orgs that already have allocations?


-Randy

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----- Original Message -----
> On Oct 18, 2010, at 2:18 PM, David Conrad wrote:
> > On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Jack Bates wrote:
> > > ARIN does reservations (unsure at what length, but at least down to
> > > /31).
> >
> > Do they still do that? Back when I was at IANA, one of the
> > justifications the RIRs gave for the /12s they received was that
> > they were going to be using the 'bisection' method of allocation
> > which removes the need for reservation. Last I heard, APNIC was
> > using the bisection method...
>
> ARIN is doing the same (the 'bisection' method) with our IPv6
> management
> since January 2010: we refer to the "sparse allocation" approach and
> it
> was requested by the community during the ARIN/NANOG Dearborn meeting.
>
> FYI,
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN