[6bone] report of 6bone planning BOF

[Bob Fink]

Rob,

At 04:52 AM 3/20/2003 +0000, Rob Evans wrote:
> > What I had in mind when I made the comment at yesterday's meeting that Rob
> > was referring to, was simply a note to request that IANA not re-allocate
> > 3ffe until they *really* have to (i.e. there's nothing else left, or 
> 3ffe is
> > specifically useful for something).
>
>In the tradition of "send text," I was only thinking of something like
>the following:
>
>     When the 6bone address space is reclaimed and returned to the IANA,
>     it is expected that many network operators will filter it on their
>     borders to ensure it is not misused.
>
>     There is experience from the IPv4 world that such filters may not be
>     removed promptly should this address space be reallocated, and it is
>     recommended that the IANA bears this in mind before reallocating
>     it in a manner that would require it to be routed globally within
>     the current internet architecture.
>
>Is that contentious/disagreeable?  "[...] within the current internet
>architecture" may not be needed.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll think on it.

Bob