[6bone] Re: [ipv6-wg@ripe.net] Update on IPv6 filter recommendation

[Jeroen Massar]

John Fraizer [mailto:tvo@EnterZone.Net] wrote:

> On Tue, 13 May 2003, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> 
> > John Fraizer wrote:
> > 
> > > I don't think that an exception should be made for 
> microallocations at
> > > all.  To paraphrase what ARIN says, there is no guarantee 
> that address
> > > space that they assign will be globally routable.
> > 
> > You should note that that also goes for the rest of the allocations.
> > 69/8 in IPv4 anyone ? :)
> 
> The alloocations I have seen have problems out of 69/8 were not
> micro-allocations.  They were /19's and /18's.  I'm sure that 
> there are a few /20's in there with a token /24 perhaps but, the ones
I 
> have knowledge of were _real_ allocations and not micro-allocations.

Yes, but what I meant is the fact that a RIR can't possibly guarantee
routability of a prefix. Which was the case seen with 69/8.

Even then if a big transit doesn't want to carry your prefix for
$reason it won't be reachable either ;)

Greets,
 Jeroen