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

[Bill Manning]

% 
% > this prefix has/is being carved up into /48 and /64 subnets for
% > use at exchange points and other infrastructure support services.
% 
% > Do not expect to see it aggregated. 
% 
% I have a question: do we need to make such a prefix assigned to
% an exchange point reachable globally?

	No, but as Stuart explains later, it can be very useful
	in diagnosis  of transit issues.  For the purposes of 
	non-IX use, e.g. infrastructure support, I would like to 
	see the /48s routable.

% In order to make traceroute happy we may need to establish a DNS zone
% for reverse lookup. But such a DNS server does not have to be on the
% IX.

	True enough.

% Akira Kato, WIDE Project
% This discussion is also applicable to IPv4...

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--bill

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