IPv6 multihoming

[Henrik Lund Kramshøj]

On 04/02/2011, at 14.31, Roger Wiklund wrote:

> What's the latest take on IPv6 multihoming? There are alot of
> documents out there but many of them are a a few years old with alot
> of assumptions/suggestions.
> 
> According to RIPE the minimum PI allocation is a /48.
> http://ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2006-01.html
> 
> Most specific prefix we allow when peering is /48. We can also
> advertise other ISPs PA ranges. I had a look at Telias lookinglass in
> Stockholm, I saw lots of /48s there.
> 
> I'm just curious because it seems that there is nothing "official" or
> best pratice, so this will break if some ISPs decides to filter on /32
> or something.
> 
> What's your take on this?

Tried talking to RIPE about getting PI IPv6 space, but no luck yet :-(

with regards to filtering BGP I will probably follow, be inspired by, the great work from Team Cymru

such as the filtering recommendations from:
http://www.team-cymru.org/ReadingRoom/Templates/IPv6Routers/xsp-recommendations.html

combined with the listings from:
http://www.space.net/~gert/RIPE/ipv6-filters.html

in essence, you can probably filter a lot of /48 except the ones from "real PI space", micro allocations
to root servers, internet exchanges etc.

My problem is that I would like to filter more strict, but if I would allow other customers, and their
PA space from another provider multihoming to me, then I would announce /48s to the internet ...

I understand that handing out PI IPv6 space left and right to anybody might create other problems,
but I have current PI IPv4 customers that wont adopt IPv6, as they have no addresses (except the ones
from my PA space).

I would prefer that larger networks would get a PI /48 more easily and think IPv6 would benefit now!

Best regards

Henrik

PS I am looking forward to next RIPE meeting, discussing this and other matters :-)

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