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Re: IPv6 internet broken, Verizon route prefix length policy

  • From: Adrian Chadd
  • Date: Mon Oct 12 22:21:17 2009

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009, Seth Mattinen wrote:

> It's not the RIR's fault. IPv6 wasn't designed with any kind of workable
> site multihoming. The only goal seems to have been to limit /32's to an
> "ISP" but screw you if you aren't one. There was no alternative and it's
> been how long now? PI, multihoming, multicast, etc. is reality because
> the internet is now Very Serious Business for many, many people.

IPv6 -policy- wasn't initially designed for any workable site multihoming.
The addressing and BGP stuff works fine for it. Its just not "different"
to the issues faced with IPv4.




adrian






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