[6bone] pTLA request by Euro6IX project for exchangeexperimentation - review closes 3 Sep 2002

[JORDI PALET MARTINEZ]

Hi Nicolas,

See below.

Regards,
Jordi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicolas DEFFAYET" <nicolas.deffayet@ndsoftware.net>
To: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
Cc: "Bob Fink" <fink@es.net>; "6BONE List" <6bone@mailman.isi.edu>; "Jordi PaletMartinez" <jordi.palet@consulintel.es>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:31 PM
Subject: RE: [6bone] pTLA request by Euro6IX project for exchangeexperimentation - review closes 3 Sep 2002


> On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 20:27, Michel Py wrote:
> Michel / Jordi / Bob / 6boner,
>
> > I have some specific questions about this:
> >
> > 1. Question regarding allocations/assignments within the Euro6IX pTLA:
> >
> > My understanding is that this pTLA would be used for IX infrastructure,
> > which means routers physically present in one of the IXes, links between
> > them, router loopbacks, common peering subnets, that kind of thing. Am I
> > correct?
> >
> > The question is: what block size are you planning on allocating to whom?
> > For example, are your planning on allocating a /48 to each IX, and let
> > the IX assign subnets to participants? Are you planning multiple levels
> > of aggregation (such as a /40 per country)?
>
> Why IX don't use the Global IPv6 Internet Exchange Points Assignments
> made by the RIR ?

The main reason is that the Euro6IX project hasn't a legal entity, so can't receive from the RIR (RIPE) the prefix. The only way
will be one of the Telcos to get it and provide to the project, and this has some commercial drawbacks.

But there are some additional reasons. 1st, this is an R&D project, so it make sense to apply in the 6Bone. Also, it doesn't make
sense to have a /48 from the complete network, while a single IX can already receive a /48 from the RIRs. The solution will be to
ask for one /48 for each IX, but then we lose the "complete network" prefix concept, and couldn't be aggregated in a single one.

>
> >
> > 2. Question about the consequences on the global IPv6 routing table.
> >
> > What will we see in the global routing table WRT the Euro6IX pTLA? The
> > question is actually more like what are the consequences if everyone
> > (except Euro6IX IXes peering between themselves) is applying the
> > "STRICT" route map that has been discussed recently.
> >
> > If all we shall see in the global routing table is the Euro6IX pTLA
> > aggregate, I am curious to know who will announce it, and if you plan to
> > have each IX announce it as a proxy/pseudo anycast route.
> >
>
> I think that it will be like the AMS-IX pTLA
> (http://whois.6bone.net/cgi-bin/whois?ams-ix).

More or less, but with the main difference that Euro6IX is not a single IX, but a network of IX's.

>
> Best regards,
>
> Nicolas DEFFAYET
>


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