CORRECTION: pTLA request for NTT-WEST - review closes 17 Apr 2001

[Bob Fink]

6bone Folk,

NTT-WEST (not NTT-ECL as I accidentally stated in my previous email) 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.

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[request form of pTLA]
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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.
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[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.
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       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).
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    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.
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[A]
We agree the 6bone rules and policies.
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    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.

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Best regards,
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Shirou NIINOBE
NTT West R&D Center
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