stla registry db issue
Brian E Carpenter
brian@hursley.ibm.com
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:02:59 -0600
Kazu, that is exactly what I am saying. It is a serious error to split a subTLA for
subISPs. One ISP must get one subTLA. Never split a subTLA between ISPs.
(The same applies to exchange points.)
If you split subTLAs between ISPs, you create the IPv6 toxic waste dump.
Brian
"Kazu Yamamoto (山本和彦)" wrote:
>
> From: Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
> Subject: Re: stla registry db issue
>
> > LIRs should **definitely** not split /35s among multiple ISPs. One
> > /35 is for one ISP, with the whole /29 reserved for later expansion.
>
> In kenken's example,
> RIR is APNIC,
> LIR is WIDE Project,
> and
> NLA1 is a child ISP under WIDE Project.
>
> APNIC is certainly assigned /35 to one ISP, WIDE Project. It is up to
> WIDE Project how to use its /35 address block. Actually, when an ISP
> reguests sTLA, the ISP is required to explain how to use its sTLA
> (e.g. 5(NLA1) + 13(NLA2) in the case of WIDE Project).
>
> Or is there any consensus not to split sTLA for child ISPs?
>
> --Kazu
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