Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Wednesday, December 1, 2004 8:36 +0200 Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Owen DeLong wrote: if the prices were one or two orders of magnitude higher, that might be true. That's way too cheap as it is. 1$ upfront, 5000$/yr for renewal might scare away who _re

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Chris Burton
this. Chris -Original Message- From: Owen DeLong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:49 PM To: Chris Burton; Pekka Savola Cc: Jeroen Massar; Cliff Albert; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises a

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Owen DeLong
major issue; but this is just my opinion, YMMV. Chris -Original Message- From: Pekka Savola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:44 PM To: Chris Burton Cc: Owen DeLong; Jeroen Massar; Cliff Albert; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Wa

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 19:52 +0200 Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Owen DeLong wrote: --On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:44 AM +0200 Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Chris Burton wrote: It is highly doubtful that the polici

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Chris Burton
29, 2004 9:44 PM To: Chris Burton Cc: Owen DeLong; Jeroen Massar; Cliff Albert; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Chris Burton wrote: > It is highly doubtful that the policies in place wil

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Pekka Savola
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Owen DeLong wrote: --On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:44 AM +0200 Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Chris Burton wrote: It is highly doubtful that the policies in place will become more relaxed with the introduction of 32-bit ASNs, the more li

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Owen DeLong
Multihoming can be such a reason. Get DSL and cable to your home, request an AS number, request PI space, run BGP to multihome, etc. In which case, it's legitimate. OTOH, I have a SOHO with a legitimate ASN and protable IPv4 space. Who are you to tell me that it isn't legitimate for me to use it

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:44 AM +0200 Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Chris Burton wrote: It is highly doubtful that the policies in place will become more relaxed with the introduction of 32-bit ASNs, the more likely scenario is that they will stay t

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Andre Oppermann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is where a sensible geographical addressing hierarchy comes in. Start by allocating a very big chunk of the v6 address space to geographical addresses. This chunk should be approximately the same size as the chunk that we expect to use with the current allocation syste

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-30 Thread Michael . Dillon
> Of course, every ASN would not be active. But if we'd have 32 bit > ASNs, there would be "no need" (or so folks would argue) to be strict > in the policies -- everyone and their uncle could have one. Folks > could even get ones for their homes, theis SOHO deployments, or their > 3-person,

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Pekka Savola
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Owen DeLong wrote: Of course, every ASN would not be active. But if we'd have 32 bit ASNs, there would be "no need" (or so folks would argue) to be strict in the policies -- everyone and their uncle could have one. Folks could even get ones for their homes, theis SOHO deploym

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Pekka Savola
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Chris Burton wrote: It is highly doubtful that the policies in place will become more relaxed with the introduction of 32-bit ASNs, the more likely scenario is that they will stay the same or get far stricter as with assignments of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. I find this ha

RE: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Chris Burton
, November 29, 2004 11:41 AM To: Owen DeLong Cc: Jeroen Massar; Cliff Albert; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI] On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Owen DeLong wrote: >> Also, with 32bit ASN's, also expect upto 2^32 rou

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-29 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 27-nov-04, at 22:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the short version of my rebuttal is: "those are not your bits to waste." They are if my ISP assigns them to me. :-) er... not really. they are the ISPs. Well, the ISP doesn't "own" them either. But they're assigned to me, which gives me the rig

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Owen DeLong
Of course, every ASN would not be active. But if we'd have 32 bit ASNs, there would be "no need" (or so folks would argue) to be strict in the policies -- everyone and their uncle could have one. Folks could even get ones for their homes, theis SOHO deployments, or their 3-person, on-the-side con

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Pekka Savola
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Owen DeLong wrote: Also, with 32bit ASN's, also expect upto 2^32 routes in your routing table when each and every ASN would at least send 1 route and of course there will be ASN's sending multiple routes. Only if EVERY ASN were allocated and active. You and I both know this do

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 09:58 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > > --On Monday, November 29, 2004 5:41 PM +0100 Jeroen Massar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 08:35 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > >> > Also, with 32bit ASN's, also expect upto 2^32 routes in your routing > >> > table w

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Monday, November 29, 2004 5:41 PM +0100 Jeroen Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 08:35 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > Also, with 32bit ASN's, also expect upto 2^32 routes in your routing > table when each and every ASN would at least send 1 route and of course > there wil

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Pekka Savola wrote: > > ASN exhaustion is IMHO just a symptom of the real problem. Enlarging > the ASN space does not cure the disease, just makes it worse. > Uhm... because you DON'T want customers to multihome and do so with multiple providers for their own safety?

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 08:35 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > > Also, with 32bit ASN's, also expect upto 2^32 routes in your routing > > table when each and every ASN would at least send 1 route and of course > > there will be ASN's sending multiple routes. > > > Only if EVERY ASN were allocated and acti

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Owen DeLong
Also, with 32bit ASN's, also expect upto 2^32 routes in your routing table when each and every ASN would at least send 1 route and of course there will be ASN's sending multiple routes. Only if EVERY ASN were allocated and active. You and I both know this doesn't begin to approach reality. Slight

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-29 Thread Nils Ketelsen
On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 06:25:52PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > While IPv6 is still IP, it's not just IPv4 with bigger addresses. We > have 128 bits, so we should make good use of them. One way to do this > is to make all subnets and 99% of end-user assignements the same size. > Yes, t

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 12:11 +0100, Cliff Albert wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:45:17AM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote: > > > >Well, how many AS numbers would you like to give out? 3 in 20 years? > > >100k a year? A million in a month? 32 bits will then give you 2863 > > >millennia, 429 centu

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Cliff Albert
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:45:17AM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote: > >Well, how many AS numbers would you like to give out? 3 in 20 years? > >100k a year? A million in a month? 32 bits will then give you 2863 > >millennia, 429 centuries or 357 years, respectively. > > ASN exhaustion is IMHO jus

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:13:55AM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > We really don't want to arrive at a situation > where it becomes increasingly difficult to obtain an AS number for > those who legitimately need one. What will be interesting is the definition of "legitimate" in this contex

Re: 16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-29 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 29-nov-04, at 7:45, Pekka Savola wrote: I think it's not. The problem will not go away then, it will just take longer before it appears again. The policies have to get stricter, there is no point in 'fixing' your problems by not fixing the issue that created them in the first place. Well, how

Re: Instant IPv6 PI solution for everyone (Was: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI)

2004-11-29 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 01:59 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > > 2002/48, eg, 192.0.2.42 becomes 2002:c000:22a::/48, 6to4, > > quite in use and works fine when the 6to4 relays are close-by for both > > ends. > > > OK... Seems a bit messier, and more wasteful of address space, but, if we > want to blow

Re: Instant IPv6 PI solution for everyone (Was: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI)

2004-11-29 Thread Owen DeLong
:::, eg :::192.0.2.42, but that is mostly (or entirely?) deprecated. The IPv4 mapped addresses give a range of nice security problems where people forget to close down their IPv6 firewall for this and thus allow IPv4 addresses into the IPv6 world and there where some other reasons. Huh? A

Instant IPv6 PI solution for everyone (Was: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI)

2004-11-29 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 01:11 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > How is this any more of a security hole than address-based trust in the > first place. As near as I can tell, the 6-to-4 mapping is simply a > legitimate form of address spoofing more than what I would call dynamic > tunnels. As I understa

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-29 Thread Owen DeLong
Reclaiming AS numbers is a waste of time. We need to move beyond 16 bits at some point anyway. I think it's not. The problem will not go away then, it will just take longer before it appears again. The policies have to get stricter, there is no point in 'fixing' your problems by not fixing the issu

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-29 Thread Owen DeLong
* Owen DeLong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 19:51]: > there are a lot of organizations now having PI without having an ASN > and beeing multihomed. a transition to v6 with this policy would make > things much worse for them, so why should they? They shouldn't unless they need features that are av

16 vs 32 bit ASNs [Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI]

2004-11-28 Thread Pekka Savola
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: On 28-nov-04, at 21:45, Cliff Albert wrote: Reclaiming AS numbers is a waste of time. We need to move beyond 16 bits at some point anyway. I think it's not. The problem will not go away then, it will just take longer before it appears again. The pol

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 11:40:59PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > >I think it's not. The problem will not go away then, it will just take > >longer before it appears again. The policies have to get stricter, > >there > >is no point in 'fixing' your problems by not fixing the issue that > >

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 28-nov-04, at 21:45, Cliff Albert wrote: Reclaiming AS numbers is a waste of time. We need to move beyond 16 bits at some point anyway. I think it's not. The problem will not go away then, it will just take longer before it appears again. The policies have to get stricter, there is no point in

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Henning Brauer wrote: > > * Cliff Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 13:13]: > > Therefore I also agree with daniel that there is not really a problem > > with the 1 ASN == 1 IPv6 Prefix. > > unless I miss something in that proposal that means that we'll see a > dramatic

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 09:27:40PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > >This is good, but it should also happen for ASN's that are already > >active. An check for active use of the ASN and conforming to the > >current > >rules every 6 months should be a nice thing. > > Good luck trying to get

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Henning Brauer
* Owen DeLong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 19:51]: > >there are a lot of organizations now having PI without having an ASN > >and beeing multihomed. a transition to v6 with this policy would make > >things much worse for them, so why should they? > They shouldn't unless they need features that

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 28-nov-04, at 20:56, Cliff Albert wrote: I am looking from a RIPE point of view. Lately I see ISPs popping out of the ground requesting ASNs and having actually only 1 upstream (there are 2 upstreams in the routing database, but in the real world there is only 1 upstream). RIPE wants to see (e

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 08:48:43PM +0100, Daniel Roesen wrote: > > I am looking from a RIPE point of view. Lately I see ISPs popping out of > > the ground requesting ASNs and having actually only 1 upstream (there > > are 2 upstreams in the routing database, but in the real world there is > > onl

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 08:14:12PM +0100, Cliff Albert wrote: > I am looking from a RIPE point of view. Lately I see ISPs popping out of > the ground requesting ASNs and having actually only 1 upstream (there > are 2 upstreams in the routing database, but in the real world there is > only 1 upstre

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Owen DeLong
Then I think that needs to be addressed at the RIPE level. ARIN certainly made me prove that I had a unique routing policy and multiple peering connections. They wanted letters from the ISPs involved stating that yes, I had a peering (or transit) relationship with them. Owen --On Sunday, November

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 10:56:31AM -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > >As I also stated in my last post (which you snipped out, and is pretty > >relevant) is that the handing out of ASN's should be harder. Currently > >ASN's are given to every silly dude that says 'i want multihoming'. > > > This simply

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Owen DeLong
Hummzz, I guess that was the discussion PI vs PA that went on here ? The issue was that not only ASN delegation should be more policed but that also PI delegation should be more policed. Atleast that's my point of view. I think that in the current v4 policies, ASN assignment is sufficiently policed

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Owen DeLong
there are a lot of organizations now having PI without having an ASN and beeing multihomed. a transition to v6 with this policy would make things much worse for them, so why should they? They shouldn't unless they need features that are available in v6 that are not available in v4. Where's the har

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:21 PM +0100 Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Cliff Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 13:13]: Therefore I also agree with daniel that there is not really a problem with the 1 ASN == 1 IPv6 Prefix. unless I miss something in that proposal that means

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Owen DeLong
My preference lies in making the policies a lot stricter, and actively verifying current delegations. I see a lot of ASN's requested just for fun with no real motive behind it. I think this is already the case, at least with ARIN... I have definitely had to thoroughly justify each and every ASN I h

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Owen DeLong
And v6 without PI for will not get widespread adoption. Further, ULA will become de facto PI without aggregation. Hence my believe that ULA is a bad idea, and, my recommendation that we face the reality that PI is an important thing (unless we want to replicate the v4 NAT mess). As such, I'd much

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Henning Brauer
* Cliff Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 14:22]: > As I also stated in my last post (which you snipped out, and is pretty > relevant) is that the handing out of ASN's should be harder. Currently > ASN's are given to every silly dude that says 'i want multihoming'. I snipped that because I

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 02:13:17PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > there are a lot of organizations now having PI without having an ASN > and beeing multihomed. a transition to v6 with this policy would make > things much worse for them, so why should they? Agreed, but currently we are at "no PI

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:21:05PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Cliff Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 13:13]: > > Therefore I also agree with daniel that there is not really a problem > > with the 1 ASN == 1 IPv6 Prefix. > > unless I miss something in that proposal that means that we'

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Henning Brauer
* Daniel Roesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 14:05]: > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:21:05PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > > * Cliff Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 13:13]: > > > Therefore I also agree with daniel that there is not really a problem > > > with the 1 ASN == 1 IPv6 Prefix.

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 01:21:05PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Cliff Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 13:13]: > > Therefore I also agree with daniel that there is not really a problem > > with the 1 ASN == 1 IPv6 Prefix. > > unless I miss something in that proposal that means that we'l

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Henning Brauer
* Cliff Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-28 13:13]: > Therefore I also agree with daniel that there is not really a problem > with the 1 ASN == 1 IPv6 Prefix. unless I miss something in that proposal that means that we'll see a dramatic increase in ASNs - I mean, it is not like only organizat

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 09:07:47AM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote: > >And even if all active ASses would immediately adopt IPv6, we would > >land at about 18k IPv6 routes. "big deal". > > > >And I don't see multihoming adoption in IPv6 being anywhere quicker > >than in IPv4, so: where is the problem,

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread John Kristoff
On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:25:52 +0100 Iljitsch van Beijnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I hear is how this company or that enterprise "should qualify" for > PI space. What I don't hear is what's going to happen when the routing > tables grow too large, or how to prevent this. I think just abou

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Pekka Savola
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Daniel Roesen wrote: And even if all active ASses would immediately adopt IPv6, we would land at about 18k IPv6 routes. "big deal". And I don't see multihoming adoption in IPv6 being anywhere quicker than in IPv4, so: where is the problem, please? We'll have about 1 route per A

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Daniel Senie
At 12:25 PM 11/27/2004, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: On 27-nov-04, at 17:43, Paul Vixie wrote: those of us who prefer static assignment + dhcp6 over EUI64 find a /64 to be an obscene waste of address space on a per-lan (or per-vlan) basis, but sadly there are already some cool wireless gadgets whose

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 10:04:08PM -0500, Leo Bicknell wrote: > I find it interesting that no operators are screaming that there will be > too many routes, but that all the IPv6 researchers are bringing forth > this view. ACK. All the "oh our IPv4 DFZ table explodes today" is similarily unfounded

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Paul Vixie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leo Bicknell) writes: > I find it interesting that no operators are screaming that there will > be too many routes, but that all the IPv6 researchers are bringing > forth this view. indeed. > 8 years too late guys. We've figured out table management. if by "table management

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 06:25:52PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > All I hear is how this company or that enterprise "should qualify" for > PI space. What I don't hear is what's going to happen when the routing > tables grow too large, or how to prevent this. I think ju

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread bmanning
> >the short version of my rebuttal is: "those are not your bits to > >waste." > > They are if my ISP assigns them to me. :-) er... not really. they are the ISPs. > >second, let me add, "and it's not your routing table, either." > I have no idea what this means. if you have

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread bmanning
> the short version of my rebuttal is: "those are not your bits to waste." he didn't like it when i said it, he wou't like when you say it either.. :) > second, let me add, "and it's not your routing table, either." well, actually, it is. as long as its in -HIS- router

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 27-nov-04, at 19:17, Paul Vixie wrote: i was waiting and watching and looking and hoping for this. now i have it. Glad that I could oblige... ... We have 128 bits, so we should make good use of them. One way to do this is to make all subnets and 99% of end-user assignements the same size. Ye

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-27 Thread Fred Baker
At 11:54 PM 11/26/04 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: IMHO, the rules that qualify someone for an AS number should qualify them for a prefix. It need not be a truly long prefix, but larger than a /48. I agree with the first part, but, a /48 is 65,536 64 bit subnets. Do you really think most organizations

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Paul Vixie
i was waiting and watching and looking and hoping for this. now i have it. > From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... We have 128 bits, so we should make good use of them. One way to > do this is to make all subnets and 99% of end-user assignements the > same size. Yes, this waste

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 27-nov-04, at 18:59, Owen DeLong wrote: All I hear is how this company or that enterprise "should qualify" for PI space. What I don't hear is what's going to happen when the routing tables grow too large, or how to prevent this. I think just about anyone "should qualify", but ONLY if there is

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Owen DeLong
All I hear is how this company or that enterprise "should qualify" for PI space. What I don't hear is what's going to happen when the routing tables grow too large, or how to prevent this. I think just about anyone "should qualify", but ONLY if there is some form of aggregation possible. PI in IPv6

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 27-nov-04, at 17:43, Paul Vixie wrote: those of us who prefer static assignment + dhcp6 over EUI64 find a /64 to be an obscene waste of address space on a per-lan (or per-vlan) basis, but sadly there are already some cool wireless gadgets whose idea of ipv6 does not include either static or d

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI

2004-11-27 Thread Paul Vixie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fred Baker) writes: > My reasoning: well, I work for an outfit that has an AS number, meaning > that it has a certain number of ISPs. It is also an edge network. It > has ~35K employees and VPNs a subnet to each employee's home. ... > > Hence, I will argue that more than 65K

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-27 Thread Scott W Brim
On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 10:29:15PM -0800, Fred Baker allegedly wrote: > The thing that brings me out here is the "one size fits all" reasoning that > seems to soll around this community so regularly. "Multihoming should > always use provider-independent addressing" and "Multihoming should always >

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-27 Thread Pekka Savola
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Fred Baker wrote: So here's my proposal. If you qualify for an AS number (have a reasonable business plan, clueful IT staff, and a certain number of ISPs one connects with), you should also be able to be a PI prefix. And if you don't qualify for that, you should probably go

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Friday, November 26, 2004 10:09 PM -0800 Fred Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 11:31 PM 11/25/04 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: I think the policy _SHOULD_ make provisions for end sites and circumstances like this, but, currently, I believe it _DOES NOT_ make such a provision. I understand t

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Sean Donelan
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Fred Baker wrote: > I think the length of the prefix given to a PI edge network should be > permitted to be larger than a /48 (perhaps a /40 or a /35), but need not be > as large as is given to an ISP (/30). Willing enough to take the /30, but I > think the statistics likely d

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Fred Baker
At 10:09 PM 11/26/04 -0800, Fred Baker wrote: IMHO, the rules that qualify someone for an AS number should qualify them for a prefix. It need not be a truly long prefix, but larger than a /48. Reading my own email - that isn't clear. I think the length of the prefix given to a PI edge network shou

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Fred Baker
At 11:31 PM 11/25/04 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: I think the policy _SHOULD_ make provisions for end sites and circumstances like this, but, currently, I believe it _DOES NOT_ make such a provision. I understand the policy in the same way. That said, I believe that the policy is wrong. IMHO, the

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Owen DeLong
What you really want is PI assignments in IPv6, and you shouldn't be changing the PA allocation rules or interpretation of these rules so you can get this under the radar. I'm not trying to get anything under the RADAR. Yes, I want to see us modify the policy to cover allocations and assignments,

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Owen DeLong
Anyone starting out will be an end site, if that meant you could only ever be an end site then there'd be nothing but end sites. Skip to the not an end site section and meet those requirements instead. Agreed... However, the letter of the law in the policy still should be revisited to express that

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 26-nov-04, at 8:43, Owen DeLong wrote: As such, it appears to be a catch 22. If your organization has transit and PA space, apparently, as I read the policy, that would preclude you from qualifying as an LIR without spinning off a separate ORG to do so, then becoming a customer of that ORG. I

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-26 Thread Brandon Butterworth
> An end site is defined as an end user ... Legal people make a lot from interpreting such documents so it's best not to stare too long at them. > As such, it appears to be a catch 22. If your organization has transit > and PA space, apparently, as I read the policy, that would preclude you > f

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Owen DeLong
Generally, I don't like to cross-post, but, this is definitely an ARIN policy issue, so, I'm sending it to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List as well ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). While I think it is useful to discuss such issues on NANOG, the reality is that it is more useful to discuss them on PPML an

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Owen DeLong
Actually, as I read the policy, if you're not assigning /48s to other organizations, your an END SITE, not an LIR. Please show me where in the policy it says different. Sure, I can easily pretend to be the "internal" LIR for the "200 sub- organizations" which may conveniently map to sites, but, th

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake "Daniel Roesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > And as this makes this whole 200-orgs constraint pathetic, there is > an effort underway (or even already agreed upon?) at least in RIPE > region, to just scratch it completely. > > So it boils down to: > > - you're a LIR (== you pay) > - you will a

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 25-nov-04, at 21:20, Ryan O'Connell wrote: Why do people keep talking about 200 sites? This is a fallacy. If you're not assigning IP addresses to other users, (I.e. you're an Enterprise rather than an ISP) you need 200 sites. (As you're "allowed" one /48 per site, and need 200 /48s to get an

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 08:20:01PM +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: > > On 25/11/2004 17:47, Owen DeLong wrote: > > >Why do people keep talking about 200 sites? This is a fallacy. > > If you're not assigning IP addresses to other users, (I.e. you're an > Enterprise rather than an ISP) you need 20

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Ryan O'Connell
On 25/11/2004 17:47, Owen DeLong wrote: Why do people keep talking about 200 sites? This is a fallacy. If you're not assigning IP addresses to other users, (I.e. you're an Enterprise rather than an ISP) you need 200 sites. (As you're "allowed" one /48 per site, and need 200 /48s to get an assig

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Owen DeLong
Why do people keep talking about 200 sites? This is a fallacy. The policy actually says: 6.5.  Policies for allocations and assignments 6.5.1. Initial allocation 6.5.1.1.  Initial allocation criteria To qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an organization must: a) be an L

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Thursday, November 25, 2004 10:27 AM +0100 Jeroen Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 09:17 +, Martin Hepworth wrote: The BBC has lots and lots of small regional (and sub-regional) offices to provide local radio and TV, not to mention their larger operations like TV

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Owen DeLong
--On Thursday, November 25, 2004 9:59 AM +0100 Jeroen Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 08:49 +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: On 25/11/2004 08:07, Jeroen Massar wrote: > It is sourced from AS31459, which is the BBC R&D AS, thus might be > that it is still sort of experimental,

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 15:04 +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: > On 25/11/2004 12:42, Jeroen Massar wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 10:55 +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: > > > > > - Any of a large variety of companies doing financial transactions > > > online - (e.g. www.olf.co.uk, they do car finance v

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Ryan O'Connell
On 25/11/2004 12:42, Jeroen Massar wrote: On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 10:55 +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: - Any of a large variety of companies doing financial transactions online - (e.g. www.olf.co.uk, they do car finance via brokers over the internet) [snip stuff about various

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 09:49 -0500, Nils Ketelsen wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:27:45AM +0100, Jeroen Massar wrote: > > > Which kind of makes the point, that they deserve the /32 and any > > organization that has at least quite a number of employees can thus get > > one. If you are too small,

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Nils Ketelsen
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:27:45AM +0100, Jeroen Massar wrote: > Which kind of makes the point, that they deserve the /32 and any > organization that has at least quite a number of employees can thus get > one. If you are too small, then you are simply: too small. > > Compare it too the followin

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Ryan O'Connell
On 25/11/2004 12:50, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: However, in the absense of that particular piece of information, I have a hard time seeing how the BBC qualifies for a /32. Last time I checked, they weren't an ISP. 200 sites doesn't qualify you for a /32: it qualifies you for a /48 (jusst like o

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 13:50 +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > On 25-nov-04, at 10:27, Jeroen Massar wrote: > > >> 200 locations doesn't seem that off to me.. > > > That is exactly the right way to count ;) > > > Which kind of makes the point, that they deserve the /32 > > Well, apparently RI

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 25-nov-04, at 10:27, Jeroen Massar wrote: 200 locations doesn't seem that off to me.. That is exactly the right way to count ;) Which kind of makes the point, that they deserve the /32 Well, apparently RIPE thinks they do, so there must be some piece of information that I'm not privvy to. Ho

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Jeroen Massar
[eek ... html, please don't] On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 10:55 +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: > I've worked for quite a few smaller companies where Internet access > for one reason or another is business-critical. Examples would be: > (I've not worked for all of the companies listed, but I know about > th

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Ryan O'Connell
On 25/11/2004 08:59, Jeroen Massar wrote: On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 08:49 +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: The BBC are probably a bad example in this case, they're more of an ISP/Content Provider than a typical Enterprise. Thus do they reach the currently only 'problem rule' th

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 09:17 +, Martin Hepworth wrote: > > The BBC has lots and lots of small regional (and sub-regional) offices > to provide local radio and TV, not to mention their larger operations > like TV center, broadcasting house, Pebble Mill and other production > studios for progr

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Martin Hepworth
The BBC has lots and lots of small regional (and sub-regional) offices to provide local radio and TV, not to mention their larger operations like TV center, broadcasting house, Pebble Mill and other production studios for programs like EastEnders. 200 locations doesn't seem that off to me.. A

Re: BBC does IPv6 ;) (Was: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32)

2004-11-25 Thread Jeroen Massar
On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 08:49 +, Ryan O'Connell wrote: > On 25/11/2004 08:07, Jeroen Massar wrote: > > >It is sourced from AS31459, which is the BBC R&D AS, thus might be > >that it is still sort of experimental, but it is there. > > > >This also proves one big thing to all the people complainin

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