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

[Pekka Savola]

On 22 Jul 2002, Robert Kiessling wrote:
> 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.

.. unless you use stuff like Unicast RPF which the most don't (in this 
context).

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