[6bone] Re: routing concern

[Ronald van der Pol]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 11:13:36 -0700, Michel Py wrote:

> As I said before, the 6bone is the right place for this. Has anyone been
> hurt? Anyone lost money? The lessons we collectively learn each time
> someone messes up a route are far more valuable than the consequences of
> messing up the route.

Is it time to start making a clear distinction between IPv6 production
and IPv6 experimentation/learning? I think today the 6bone is used for
both.
 
Many use IPv6 for their daily work *). We *need* a stable network for
that.  If we don't do that we risk scaring people away from IPv6. Most
OSes support IPv6 nowadays. When an enduser starts using IPv6 for the
first time and she notices all kinds of networking problems, many will
think: "OK, let's turn off IPv6. It does not work."
 
The RIR prefixes are meant for IPv6 production. So, I think they should
not be used on the 6bone. The 6bone should only be used for experiments
and possibly learning. And on the other hand, I think production services
should not use 6bone prefixes, but RIR prefixes.
 
	rvdp
 
*) I frequently use ftp, cvs and http over IPv6 to sites far away in
the internet. Too often, there are routing problems and IPv6 traffic
is blackholed (routing loops, etc). Most application time out and try
IPv4. But this means annoying delays. Many of these problems occur
because people are running production services over the 6bone.