pTLA request for NTT-ECL - review closes 17 Apr 2001

[Bob Fink]

6bone Folk,

NTT-ECL has requested a pTLA allocation for the west of Japan. The open 
review period for this will close 17 Apr 2001. Please send your comments to 
me or the list.


Thanks,

Bob

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>To: fink@es.net
>Cc: t.motono@rdc.west.ntt.co.jp, t.marushima@rdc.west.ntt.co.jp,
>    asai.h@rdc.west.ntt.co.jp, s.esaki@rdc.west.ntt.co.jp,
>    h.yamaguchi@rdc.west.ntt.co.jp, soejima.s@west.ntt.co.jp,
>    m.takahashi@west.ntt.co.jp, a.aratani@west.ntt.co.jp,
>    h.utsumi@west.ntt.co.jp
>Subject: pTLA request
>Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 10:45:20 +0900
>From: "Shirou NIINOBE [raccoon]" <nin@ipv6.nttwestlabs.net>
>
>
>Dear Sir,
>
>  This is Shirou NIINOBE from NTT West Research and Development Center
>  in Japan, we reqest to allocate a pTLA address block.
>
>  We have got pNLA(3ffe:1803:d000::/40) from NTT-ECL and have been operating
>  this network since November 2000.
>
>================================
>[request form of pTLA]
>================================
>7. Guidelines for 6Bone pTLA sites
>
>    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:
>
>       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.
>--
>[A]
>We have connected to 6bone as below.
>  - SLA of NTT-ECL since 20000804.
>  - NLA of NTT-ECL since 20001117.
>         inet6num:  3ffe:1803:D000::/40
>         NETNAME:   NTT-WEST
>--
>
>       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.
>---
>[A]
>Now, we connected to NTT-ECL with native link using BGP4+. We have a plan
>to connect to NSPIXP6(IPv6 Internet Exchange in Japan) in the future.
>
>Our ipv6 router's FQDN is PF-gw.ipv6.nttwestlabs.net (3ffe:1803:d000:0:2d0:
>b7ff:fe9a:68f9), and it is IPv6 pingable (not IPv4 pingable).
>---
>
>       c. Fully maintained DNS forward (AAAA) and reverse (ip6.int)
>          entries for the Applicant's router(s) and at least one host
>          system.
>---
>[A]
>We maintain nameserver forward (AAAA) and reverse (ip6.int) entries on
>ns1.ipv6.nttwestlabs.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.
>---
>[A]
>Our web server's FQDN is  www.ipv6.nttwestlabs.net.
>It is accessible from both IPv4 and IPv6.
>---
>
>    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.
>---
>[A]
>NTT-WEST IPv6 network support staff are following.
>  - Shirou NIINOBE   (SN1-6BONE)
>  - Hirotaka ASAI    (HA2-6BONE)
>  - Hitoshi MORIYAMA (HM3-6BONE)
>---
>
>       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.
>---
>[A]
>Our common e-mail address is ipv6@ipv6.nttwestlabs.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.
>---
>[A]
>NTT West is the largest telecommunication campany in west of Japan which
>operates all cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Hiroshima
>and so on.
>Research and Development Center have built IPv6 testbed network, and we
>would like to connect to potential customer by tunnel or native.
>Currently, we have built IPv6 testbed network with PC(FreeBSD+kame) routers,
>GR2000-4S(HITACHI), IX5010(NEC).
>---
>
>    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.
>---
>[A]
>We agree the 6bone rules and policies.
>---
>
>    When an Applicant seeks to receive a pTLA allocation, it will apply
>    to the 6Bone Operations Group (see section 8 below) by providing to
>    the Group information in support of its claims that it meets the
>    criteria above.
>
>================================
>
>Best regards,
>-----
>Shirou NIINOBE
>NTT West R&D Center
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