Global IPv6 policy question

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 04:00:50PM -0700, David Conrad wrote:
> IANA has been asked to provide input to ICANN's board on the RIR- 
> consensus global IPv6 allocation policy (see http://www.icann.org/ 
> announcements/announcement-14jul06.htm for details), so I'm looking  
> to understand what folks in the v6 operational community think.
> 
> One question would be the choice of /12 as the minimum allocation  
> size for IANA to allocate IPv6 addresses to the RIRs.  Do folks  
> consider this
> 
> a) just right
> b) too little
> c) too much

Too little.

Given the fact that there are 5 RIRs, and that it's highly unlikely that
we'll see many more RIRs in the foreseeable future, and that there are
32 /8s inside FP 001, my suggestion would be a /8.  (Still leaves lots of
space inside FP 001).

But given the fact that there seems to be consensus for a /12 in all
the regions, I can live with what we have: a /12.  

Let's make sure that it happens quickly, and that we finally can get 
rid of /23 allocations.


> Another question: does your answer change with changes to either a  
> more conservative HD ratio or a longer minimum end user prefix length?

No.

Gert Doering
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