Bing! Relevent section. Nothing in ip6.arpa
unless managed by the RIRs. 3ffe not managed
by RIRs, no ip6.arpa, 2002 not managed by RIRs,
no ip6.arpa..... :)
Prudent apps writers might want to see what is
actually, operationaly deployed before
truncating working delegations. ... YMMV
>
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I seem to recall there was some Best Current Practises about this 11
> > > months ago.
> > >
> >
> > ip6.arpa is fine for 2001:0:: but not for -anythhing-
> > else. You might want to re-read the BCP. :)
>
> You're probably referring to the IANA considerations:
>
> --8<--
> 3. IANA Considerations
>
> This memo requests that the IANA delegate the IP6.ARPA domain
> following instructions to be provided by the IAB. Names within this
> zone are to be further delegated to the regional IP registries in
> accordance with the delegation of IPv6 address space to those
> registries. The names allocated should be hierarchic in accordance
> with the address space assignment.
> --8<--
>
> Nothing else seems to match. The second sentence is probably relevant
> here.
>
> How should an application writer know there are hidden messages in the BCP
> ("don't delegate to 6bone, make ip6.arpa useless")?
>
> As 6bone have been delegated IPv6 address space, I think this could very
> well be interpreted to include them too.
>
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> Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
> Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall"
> Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords
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