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RE: Where to buy Internet IP addresses

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (david.binet@orange-ftgroup.com)
Wed May 6 03:13:26 2009

From: <david.binet@orange-ftgroup.com>
To: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>, nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:13:03 +0200
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Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org


Some times ago, i would say 6 or 7 years, there was a BoF proposition at=
 IETF to deal with such issue=2E
Work areas were to propagate routing mesh configuration information and=
 automatic assignment of subnet prefixes to links=2E=20
There were quite a lot of persons interested in such issues and some drafts=
 were proposed=2E The name of the BoF was zerouter=2E Unfortunately, the=
 working group was not created despite some real interest=2E

David =20

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Mikael Abrahamsson [mailto:swmike@swm=2Epp=2Ese]=20
> Envoy=E9 : mardi 5 mai 2009 21:22
> =C0 : nanog list
> Objet : Re: Where to buy Internet IP addresses
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> On Tue, 5 May 2009, Jack Bates wrote:
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> > What is missing, unless I've missed a protocol (which is always=20
> > possible), is an automated way for a CPE to assign it's=20
> networks, pass=20
> > other networks out to downstream routers in an on-need basis=2E I say=20
> > on-need, as there may be 3 routers directly behind the CPE=20
> and each of=20
> > those may get additional routers and so on and so forth=2E A=20
> presumption=20
> > could be made that route efficiency is
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> Why wouldn't DHCPv6-PD work within the home as well as=20
> between the ISP and the home?
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> I see little reason why the main home gateway can't get a /56=20
> from the ISP, and then hand out /62 (or whatever) to any=20
> routers within the home that asks for PD?
>=20
> --=20
> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm=2Epp=2Ese
>=20
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