[6bone] Re: ip6 conversion script

Gert Doering gert@space.net
Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:01:29 +0200


Hi,

On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 01:32:19AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> >>> No need to involve RIRs here
> >> who do you think has to delagate?
> > $ dig ip6.arpa soa
> > [..]
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > ip6.arpa.		23h30m IN SOA	dns1.icann.org. hostmaster.icann.org. (
> > 					2002071701	; serial
> > 					1H		; refresh
> > 					30M		; retry
> > 					1W		; expiry
> > 					3H )		; minimum
> > ...
> > doesn't look like a RIR to me.  Secondaries, yes.  But not the primary.
> 
> aside from luis touton's usual attemted micro-management of the entire
> internet, i suspect that the next level of delegations are to the RIRs,
> who delegate to LIRs, and so forth.  just as in v4.

Why?

Why not delegate to

$ dig e.f.f.3.ip6.int soa / ns

;; ANSWER SECTION:
e.f.f.3.ip6.int.	1D IN SOA	dot.ep.net. hostmaster.ep.net. (
					2002080100	; serial
					3H		; refresh
					15M		; retry
					1W		; expiry
					1d12h )		; minimum

;; ANSWER SECTION:
e.f.f.3.ip6.int.	23h59m46s IN NS  ns3.nic.fr.
e.f.f.3.ip6.int.	23h59m46s IN NS  flag.ep.net.
e.f.f.3.ip6.int.	23h59m46s IN NS  imag.imag.fr.
e.f.f.3.ip6.int.	23h59m46s IN NS  munnari.oz.au.
e.f.f.3.ip6.int.	23h59m46s IN NS  y.ip6.int.
e.f.f.3.ip6.int.	23h59m46s IN NS  z.ip6.int.


>From my outsider's point of view, those people are perfectly capable
(and I'd expect them to be willing too) to manage the reverse domain.

I see all of this as harmful political child games.

Gert Doering
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