[101156] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: /48 for each and every endsite (Was: European ISP enables IPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JAKO Andras)
Wed Dec 19 17:47:40 2007
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:44:15 +0100 (CET)
From: JAKO Andras <jako.andras@eik.bme.hu>
To: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <47697BF3.9020300@spaghetti.zurich.ibm.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> But even in 2000 the policy was and still is:
> /128 for really a single device
> /64 if you know for sure that only one single subnet will
> ever be allocated.
> /48 for every other case (smart bet, should be used per default)
I believe this policy is changing. The new text is: "End Users are
assigned an End Site assignment from their LIR or ISP. The size of the
assignment is a local decision for the LIR or ISP to make, using a minimum
value of a /64 (only one subnet is anticipated for the End Site)."
RIPE Policy Proposal 2005-08 was accepted in November.
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2005-08.html
Andras
