[6bone] 2001:478:: as /48

[Robert Kiessling]

John Fraizer <tvo@ENTERZONE.NET> writes:

> OK.  This brings about the same implications as in IPv4 space.  If you
> want traceroutes through exchange [x] to work without having at least ONE
> hop that has "* * *" for a return, you will accept the prefix and route it
> to *TRANSIT CUSTOMERS*.

No, this is wrong. I don't know where this myth comes from.

All you need to accept packets from that address space, but there's no
need at all to be able to route *to* it, to avoid holes in
traceroutes. Thus you don't need to accept any BGP routes from that
block.

Robert