INTOUCH-NL 6bone pTLA request - closes 15 Dec

[Bob Fink]

INTOUCH-NL has requested a pTLA. The closing date for the comment period 
will be 15 December (just after the IETF meetings).  PLease send comments 
to me or the list.


Thanks,

Bob

===

>From: Pim van Pelt <pim@wise-guys.nl>
>Subject: pTLA for Intouch (NL)
>To: fink@es.net
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:08:54 +0100 (CET)
>
>Dear Bob,
>
>In followup to a brief discussion we had earlier regarding BGP peering
>from my router in Amsterdam (ams-ix) to others in the 6bone, you suggested
>requesting a pTLA. Here goes.
>
>I have entered some mntner object into the database and am waiting
>confirmation, and will then administer all other requested objects. Pending
>this registration, here's my application mail. I hope it suffices.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>Pim van Pelt
>
>--
>
>1a.
>There are currently 3 inet6nums assigned to Intouch (3ffe:3001:6::/48 from
>the AMSIX and 2001:658:{200,205}::/48 from TRANSMEDIA-DE).
>I have been providing connectivity to some 70 companies and individuals,
>and am currently feeding all these tunnels into the 6bone. It should be
>taken care of as soon as I have my mntner object ready.
>
>1b.
>INTOUCH-NL has a moderately large IPv4 networking status in The Netherlands.
>Currelty we exchange the full BGP tables under AS8954 with:
>1. AS3333  ops@ripe.net
>2. AS8608  peering@nl.gxn.net
>3. AS5496  peering@wirehub.net
>4. AS1103  erik-jan.bos@surfnet.nl
>5. AS8918  inoc@carrier1.net,
>which can be checked in the RIPE database. The main Cisco 3640 IP is:
>212.19.192.218 (ipv6-nikhef.intouch.net) located at the Nikhef building
>on AMS-IX.
>
>Regarding IPv6, we have been running along with the AMS-v6-IX since 1999,
>and currently exchange BGP natively under AS8954 with:
>1. AS1103  ipv6@surfnet.nl
>2. AS1200  ipv6@ams-ix.net
>3. AS1890  niels@nl.uu.net
>4. AS3333  ops@ripe.net
>5. AS5623  Henk.Steenman@icoe.att.com
>6. AS8251  promera@cistron.nl
>and non-natively with:
>AS12573 (WideXS), AS517 (XLINK-UKA), AS2914 (Verio), AS5609 (CSELT)
>AS2611 (BELNET-BE), AS8277 (Euronet BE), AS8002 (STEALTH), AS8664 (ICM-PL)
>and AS6726 (NEXTRA-SK).
>The abovementioned cisco has IPv6 number 3ffe:3000::a500:8954:1 on AMS-v6-IX
>shared medium and 3ffe:3001:6::1 on the Intouch side.
>
>1c. Our primary nameserver is ipv6.intouch.net (212.19.220.17) and backups
>for forward/reversed run on: ns1/ns2/ns3.ipng.nl.
>The primary runs bind9 and answers queries via IPv4 and IPv6. The secondaries
>run bind8 and only answer IPv4.
>
>1d. There are Open/Net/FreeBSD, Solaris8, Linux(i386/alpha) servers fully
>operational at Freeler. Eight servers in total form the test bed of appli-
>cation design and maintenence, involving IPv6 deployment.
>www.ipng.nl is our main window to the public, offering services to the IPv6
>community, such as BGP lookingglass, ping availability, mrtg graphing and
>some dynamic/static tunnelbroker.
>
>2a. There are currently four people at Intouch working with IPv6. The chief
>is Rager Ossel (RO278). I myself am Pim van Pelt (PBVP1-6BONE) and two 
>helpers
>for operational stuff are Cliff Albert (CA2-6BONE) and Wim Vandersmissen
>(currently no hdl available).
>
>2b. We are info@ipng.nl. We will be INTOUCH-NL (ipv6-site) and MNT-INTOUCH 
>(mntner)
>as soon as the information becomes available.
>
>3. There are several hundred Intouch customers, mostly via leased line or
>dial-on-demand ISDN. Several non-intouch customers (widexs.nl/pine.nl)
>have requested connectivity via our amsix native connection.
>
>4. Intouch is willing and able to abide by the current 6bone operational
>rules and policies.
>--
>---------- - -    - - -+- - -    - - ----------
>Pim van Pelt       Email: pvanpelt@wise-guys.nl
>http://www.wise-guys.nl/      GSM: +31629064049
>-----------------------------------------------