[Fwd: [dns-operations] AAAA records to be added for root servers]

[Iljitsch van Beijnum]

On 4 jan 2008, at 0:34, Brandon Butterworth wrote:

>> It would be nice to have some diversity here, especially as in IPv6  
>> it
>> could easily happen that someone filters all /48s by mistake.

> Mistake? Isn't that the first thing people are going to do when others
> start deaggregating? "no more eating my router <click>"

Well, you may want to make an exception for those root servers...

> As I said on that other list a global hard line on deaggregation
> may be a wise move, save people creating random ones with varying
> collateral damage.


This contains some of my thoughts on the matter:

http://www.bgpexpert.com/presentations/multihoming_paspace.pdf

However, I'd suggest that for IPv6, anyone should be prepared to be  
filtered at RIR boundaries.