Re: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption - Sparse IPv6 allocation

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

On 10/18/10 12:42 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> I have a few customers whose allocations are /29 away from their
> nearest neighbor (half a nibble). That seems a little close
> considering there is a lot of talk about doing nibble boundaries, and
> there doesn't seem to be consensus yet.
>
> For these customers, I don't think they will need more than a /29,
> but if we collectively decide that a /28 is the next step from a /32,
> how will the older allocations be dealt with?  This is pretty much a
> rhetorical question at this point, and I suppose the proper thing to
> do is to channel these questions toward the PPML for discussion as
> potential policy.

back in the distant past we were issued a /35, policy changed, we
returned it and on 2001 7/11 we were issued our current /32

> thanks, -Randy
>
> -- | Randy Carpenter | Vice President, IT Services | Red Hat
> Certified Engineer | First Network Group, Inc. | (419)739-9240, x1 
> ----
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Randy -
> >
> > We'll likely put that out to the ARIN community for consultation at
> > the point in time when becomes a potential issue. I expect we will
> > have plenty of time before that needs to be considered at the 
> > present rate of allocation.
> >
> > /John
> >
> > John Curran President and CEO ARIN
> >
> > On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > -- | Randy Carpenter | Vice President, IT Services | Red Hat
> > > Certified Engineer | First Network Group, Inc. | (419)739-9240,
> > > x1 ----
> > >
> > > ----- 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