[6bone] 2001:478:: as /48

[John Fraizer]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Jeroen Massar wrote:

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> Bill Manning wrote:
> 
> >  	Something for folks to remember.
> > 
> > 
> > From: Bill Manning <bmanning@ISI.EDU>
> > Subject: 2001:478::  as /48
> > To: 6bone@ISI.EDU
> > Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 09:16:40 -0700 (PDT)
> > 
> > this prefix has/is being carved up into /48 and /64 subnets for
> > use at exchange points and other infrastructure support services.
> 
> IX Prefixes by the RIR's come out of:
>  - 2001:7f8::/32 
>  - 2001:504::/32 
>  - 2001:7fa::/32 
> 
> Which RFC/draft/... made this prefix so special ?
> 

I guess you didn't notice who had sent the message, or his email address,
and are not familiar with what Bill does.

Take a look at http://www.ep.net/

Bill manages the address space for MANY, MANY, MANY exchange points.

[whois.arin.net]

OrgName:    EP.NET, LLC.
OrgID:      V6EP
Address:    PO 12317
City:       Marina del Rey
StateProv:  CA
PostalCode: 90295
Country:    US

NetRange:   2001:0478:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 - 2001:0478:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
CIDR:       2001:0478:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000/32
NetName:    EP-NET
NetHandle:  EP-NET-NET
Parent:     ARIN-001
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: FLAG.EP.NET
NameServer: Z.IP6.INT
Comment:
RegDate:    2001-05-21
Updated:    2002-08-05

TechHandle: WM110-ARIN
TechName:   Manning, Bill
TechPhone:  +1-310-322-8102
TechEmail:  bmanning@karoshi.com



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