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

[Hank Nussbacher]

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Bill Manning wrote:

> % > Is there a policy requirement that IPv6 prefixes allocated by RIRs must
> % > be routed on The Internet? I've not found it in the current "IPv6
> % > Address Allocation and Assignment Policy".
> %
> % Is there such a requirement for IPv4 prefixes?If yes (and I would hope
> % so, otherwise why would anyone want RFC1918 addresses when one can get
> % "real" IPs), then I think the same should apply for IPv6 prefixes.
> %
> % > leo vegoda
> %
> % -Hank
> 
> 	there has never been a requirement that a prefix berouted or
> 	announced on the "Internet".

In that case why does an ISP have to:

5.1.1.d: have a plan for making at least 200 /48 assignments to other
organisations within two years.
See: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6policy.html

-Hank

> 
> --bill
> Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
> certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).
> 

Hank Nussbacher