Eric,

> EricLKlein wrote:
> This was a comment strictly based on what I understood from
> the thread in this conversation, the /48 was based on the
> IANA implementation.

Not at all. This is a matter of semantics. First, the use of the word
"implementation" in this context (associated to IANA) is terrible.

Second, the /48 is not directly based on IANA anything. The /48
currently is RIR recommended assignment policy, and RIR policies WRT
this have been greatly inspired by RFC3177 (an IAB/IESG, not IANA,
document).


> Pekka Savola wrote:
> My perception is that the /48 "border" is inside the
> IANA delegation.

I'm afraid this is not the clearest sentence that the talented Pekka has
written. Although it might be technically correct, it takes many
shortcuts. The /48 is assigned to a site by a LIR. The LIR gets its
space for a NIR or a RIR, and the RIRs are delegated space by IANA.

What Pekka meant by "inside the IANA delegation" was "not part of the
architecture", I believe. The topic here is the removal of the SLA
boundary from the architecture, while the IID boundary remains part of
it.
 
Michel.


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