IANA IPv6 registry actions

David Conrad david.conrad at icann.org
Wed Jun 14 17:58:56 CEST 2006


Fortunately, it appears I was able to get the change done before the  
Internet exploded.  Whew.  Hate to have that on my conscience again.

If anyone notices anything amiss, please let me know

Rgds,
-drc

On Jun 12, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Geoff Huston wrote:
> I could assert that such tardiness on the part of IANA will cause  
> the Internet as we know it to explode into lots of little tiny  
> pieces, but I'm pretty sure that I'd be lying!
>
> :-)
>
>
> Geoff
>
> At 10:03 AM 13/06/2006, David Conrad wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yep.  Will get to it asap.  Hopefully it won't cause anyone any
>> operational issues between now and when I can get the web pages
>> updated... :-)
>>
>> Rgds,
>> -drc
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2006, at 1:39 PM, Geoff Huston wrote:
>>
>>> Simple removal from http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-  
>>> address-assignments should be appropriate, as that registry lists
>>> current allocated address ranges and this range is no longer
>>> currently allocations. (also remove footnote 5 and renumber foot
>>> notes 6, and 7)
>>>
>>> As per http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-address-space, the
>>> block then reverts to the status "Reserved by the IETF"
>>>
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>>     Geoff
>>>
>>> At 05:45 AM 13/06/2006, Kevin Loch wrote:
>>>> > We'll be removing the ip6 delegation from .INT today.
>>>>
>>>> Would it be possible to update:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments
>>>>
>>>> to indicate the current status of 3ffe::/16?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if simply marking it as "RESERVED" or deleting
>>>> it from the enumerated list completely would give the clearest
>>>> indication of it's current status (if it is in fact reserved
>>>> as I haven't seen anything from IANA indicating this yet).
>>>>
>>>> The footnote [5] should also be updated to reflect current
>>>> status.  If the 3ffe::/16 line is deleted then the footnote could
>>>> be moved to the first line as in:
>>>>
>>>> "IPV6 GLOBAL UNICAST ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS [0] [5]"
>>>>
>>>> - Kevin
>>
>



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