[6bone] peering

Nicolas DEFFAYET nicolas.deffayet@ndsoftware.net
08 Aug 2002 17:56:49 +0200


On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 17:03, Chris Hellberg wrote:
Hi, 
> 
> I've got a ::/48 allocation from a tunnel broker which has been working well 
> for getting connectivity to and from the 6bone. However, I'd now like to get 
> in to some peering and exchanging of prefixes with others. However, under 
> ipv6 it's a lot harder due to strict aggregation rules. 
> 
> Therefore, are the only people I can peer with are others who also have 
> similar ::/48's which are part of the same larger ::/28? If not, then is the 
> only way to be able to peer with others is expect your upstream pTLA people 
> to peer with the other pTLAs? Is the intention of an allocation from a 
> tunnel provider just a temporary thing before getting a prefix from my 
> upstream provider, so they're not really my addresses per se to annouce to 
> others? What's a generally accepted practice for this sort of thing? The 
> main problems is that it'll be many Christmases before many immediate 
> upstreams offer anything in the way of ipv6 allocations. 
> 
> Also I'd be interested if anyone would be prepared to offer just a passive 
> 6bone route feed? 

I can offer you a full BGP table, but i filter your /48; for information
i use temporary a private ASN (i will very soon (at the end of this
month if i solve the problem of the 2nd official peer) send my request
to the RIPE)


Best Regards,

Nicolas DEFFAYET