Fwd: Stealth, pTLA request.

[Bob Fink]

STEALTH requests a pTLA. I am waving the 3 month review period (Stealth has 
about 1.5 months on the 6bone) due to the recommendation of Rob Rockell of 
SPRINT.

This opens a two week review period, so please send any comments to the me 
or the 6bone list.

This review period closes on 26 Sep 2000.


Thanks,

Bob

>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:25:29 -0400
>From: Shrihari Pandit <spandit@stealth.net>
>To: fink@es.net
>Cc: rrockell@sprint.net
>Subject: Stealth, pTLA request.
>User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
>
>Dear Bob Fink,
>
>    This is Shrihari Pandit of Stealth Communications, Inc.  Stealth is
>aggressively pushing development and introduction of IPv6 to its customers
>and users of the Internet.
>
>    We are requesting pTLA status on 6bone, earlier then the 3 months 
> required
>membership of 6bone.  We hope to meet 6bone's requirements, any issues let me
>know.
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Shrihari Pandit
>Stealth Communications, Inc.
>
>---
>
>The following rules apply to qualify for a 6Bone pTLA allocation. It
>should be recognized that holders of 6Bone pTLA allocations are expected
>to provide production quality backbone network services for the 6Bone.
>
>   1.  The pTLA Applicant must have a minimum of three (3) months
>       qualifying experience as a 6Bone end-site or pNLA transit.
>       During the entire qualifying period the Applicant must be
>       operationally providing the following:
>
>       --> Our ipv6-site is operational since July 6th 2000.
>
>       a. Fully maintained, up to date, 6Bone Registry entries for their
>          ipv6-site inet6num, mntner, and person objects, including each
>          tunnel that the Applicant has.
>
>         --> We fully maintain, up to date, 6bone registry entries.
>         --> See:
>         -->     ipv6-site:      STEALTH
>         -->     inet6num:       3FFE:2900:E002::/48
>         -->     mntner:         MAINT-AS8002
>         -->     person:         SP5-6BONE
>
>       b. Fully maintained, and reliable, BGP4+ peering and connectivity
>          between the Applicant's boundary router and the appropriate
>          connection point into the 6Bone. This router must be IPv6
>          pingable. This criteria is judged by members of the 6Bone
>          Operations Group at the time of the Applicant's pTLA request.
>
>         --> Our primary connection into 6bone is via Sprint/AS6175,
>         --> running BGP4+.
>         --> Link IP (Stealth Sprint): 3ffe:2900:e:2::2 3ffe:2900:e:2::1
>
>       c. Fully maintained DNS forward (AAAA) and reverse (ip6.int)
>          entries for the Applicant's router(s) and at least one host
>          system.
>
>         --> We maintain DNS forward (AAAA) and reverse (ip6.int) entries
>         --> on auth01.stealth.net & auth02.stealth.net.
>
>       d. A fully maintained, and reliable, IPv6-accessible system
>          providing, at a mimimum, one or more web pages, describing the
>          Applicant's IPv6 services.  This server must be IPv6 pingable.
>
>         --> List of IPv6 services is located in ipv6-site "STEALTH" object.
>
>         --> Complete list of IPv6 applications are located bottom of this
>         --> email, please do not redistribute to mailing-list.
>
>   2.  The pTLA Applicant MUST have the ability and intent to provide
>       "production-quality" 6Bone backbone service. Applicants must
>       provide a statement and information in support of this claim.
>       This MUST include the following:
>
>       a. A support staff of two persons minimum, three preferable, with
>          person attributes registered for each in the ipv6-site object
>          for the pTLA applicant.
>
>       b. A common mailbox for support contact purposes that all support
>          staff have acess to, pointed to with a notify attribute in the
>          ipv6-site object for the pTLA Applicant.
>
>       --> Our objectives are to provide production quality IPv6 service.
>       --> Stealth's regional backbone is almost native IPv6 now, and is
>       --> providing native IPv6 links (T1 to T3) to customers.  We are
>       --> also actively developing dozens of applications for the public.
>       --> (See Stealth IPv6 applications, towards end of e-mail).
>
>       --> Support staff members: SP5-6BONE, VIHA1-6BONE
>       --> Common mailbox for support: ipv6@stealth.net, support@stealth.net
>
>   3.  The pTLA Applicant MUST have a potential "user community" that
>       would be served by its becoming a pTLA, e.g., the Applicant is a
>       major provider of Internet service in a region, country, or
>       focus of interest. Applicant must provide a statement and
>       information in support this claim.
>
>       --> Stealth Communications, Inc. is a commerical provider of
>       --> high-speed, dedicated Internet access.
>
>       --> We serve customers in many sectors. They includes:
>       --> Research institutions, Public & Private Schools and Universities
>       --> Small to large profit/non-profit, ISP's, Content providers,
>       --> Stock Exchanges, Telephone operators, and more.
>
>
>   4.  The pTLA Applicant MUST commit to abide by the current 6Bone
>       operational rules and policies as they exist at time of its
>       application, and agree to abide by future 6Bone backbone
>       operational rules and policies as they evolve by consensus of the
>       6Bone backbone and user community.
>
>       --> We agree.
>
>
>Thank you for your time,
>
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Shrihari Pandit
>Stealth Communications, Inc.
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>IPv6    Planned Services at Stealth Communications, Inc.
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Deployment (weeks)      :: Type of service.
>
>* Standard services accessible to everybody:
>0       + ping          :: A traditional latency-test for IPv6 participants.
>Now     + www           :: Company and customer homepages served via IPv6.
>
>
>* Services open to the public:
>Now     + irc           :: Access to a global IPv4 IRC-network via IPv6.
>2       + ntp           :: A public time-service offered via IPv6.
>3       + ftp           :: A comprehensive FTP-site accessible via IPv6.
>2       + lg            :: A looking-glass offering sight into the IPv6 world.
>2       + smtp-bounce   :: A list-bot for people testing their IPv6 
>mail-setup.
>1       + fortune       :: Quote of the day, UNIX-style via telnet.
>3       + rwhois        :: Access to our IPv6 rwhois-records.
>Now     + missingU.com  :: Online Postcards, Diary, Stories/Poems and more!
>
>
>* Services available free of charge after $0 registration:
>
>6       + emul-serv     :: Unlimited access to virtual platforms running 
>ancient OS'es.
>4       + tunnel-serv   :: Very flexible dynamic and static tunnels for 
>end-users.
>2       + proxy-serv    :: Access to v4<->v6 connection-forwarding for WWW.
>2       + nntp          :: Unlimited (read-only) news-service.
>8       + dialup        :: Unlimited access to IPv6 via our dialup-spool.
>?       + shell-serv    :: Account on an IPv6-only UNIX-server with 
>www6-hosting.
>2       + zork-game     :: Zork/Dungeon (Infocom), a classical 
>text-adventure via Telnet.
>
>                         >> Possibly also other games (choose via a menu?)
>                         >> Access to a Telnet IRC-client via IPv6 (via menu?)
>
>* Services available to customers only:
>Now     + ipv6          :: Full IPv6 networking upon routinely accepted 
>request.
>
>
>---
>
>Some background information on Stealth's network:
>    http://traffic.stealth.net
>    http://traffic.stealth.net (Outdated, but shows Stealth's SONET network)
>
>---
>
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>Approved-By:  Francois Baligant <francois@BE.EURO.NET>
>Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0008230115430.8124-100000@caolila>
>Date:         Wed, 23 Aug 2000 01:51:41 +0200
>Reply-To: Francois Baligant <francois@BE.EURO.NET>
>Sender: IRCnet opers mailing-list <opers@ML.MAGICNET.ORG>
>From: Francois Baligant <francois@BE.EURO.NET>
>Subject:      [OPERS] First Transatlantic IPv6 link
>
>         Hi,
>
>         Im very pleased to announce you that tonight the
>         first IPv6 ircd server-to-server link was established
>         between Stealth Communications, Inc. (NYC) and Wanadoo
>         Belgium NV/SA. (ircd.stealth.net <-> ircd.wanadoo.be)
>
>         A direct IPv6 peering was established between Stealth
>         and Wanadoo using an IPv6-over-v4 tunnel.
>
>         The 2 hubs connected without any problems.
>
>         I would like here to thanks all the people that worked
>         so hard on our ircd's IPv6 support. Our ircd is one
>         of the first to be really IPv6-ready and we have to
>         be proud of that.
>
>         Now looks like a good time to experiment with IPv6, so
>         go ahead and let's move this net into the next millenium :-)
>
>         Regards,
>         Francois aka aXs
>
>Francois Baligant            * *       Wanadoo Belgium NV/SA
>Network Operation Center   *     *     a subsidiary of France Telecom
>                           *            Lozenberg 22 - B-1932 Zaventem
>FB1-6BONE                *             tel: +32 2 717 17 17
>francois@be.wanadoo.com                fax: +32 2 717 17 77
>
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