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

[Bill Manning]

% > 	recognising this as a basic feature of internetworking, one would
% > 	hope that a consistant suite of addressing guidelines would be
% > 	applicable, regardless of the state of "connectedness".
% 
% It's fine to request address space for private networks.

	I will try once more.  All networks are inherently both public
	and private. And the addressing for such networks should follow
	a plan so that when when they are "connected" the prefixes
	can be routed w/o excessive pain. No network in my experience 
	is always connected, always public. And the ability to have
	a prefix routed is always dependant on the agreements betwen 
	peering parties, which agreements are bilateral.

% If you connect to the Internet, you play by its rules, not by the rules of 
% your private networks.

	if you connect to (ISP), you play by their rules.
	when I connect to an ISP, I play by their rules.
	when ISPs connect to me, they play by my rules.
	I don't connect to "the Internet", I connect to 
	other entities using IP protocols.  Sometimes the
	agreements entered into allow each of us to transit
	information about the connection (prefixes etc.) to 
	our other clients or peers, with hints about how such 
	information is expected to be shared with others.

% -- 
% Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
% Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
% Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
% 


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--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).