[125789] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Connectivity to an IPv6-only site
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (isabel dias)
Fri Apr 23 08:03:48 2010
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:03:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: isabel dias <isabeldias1@yahoo.com>
To: Tim Franklin <tim@pelican.org>, NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <17850162.101272022701294.JavaMail.root@jennyfur.pelican.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
1- http://onlyv6.com=A0is not resolving .....=0A2- why would anyone be inte=
rested in buying "bit-pipes" from you if you don't own fiber or ports in a =
switch?=0A3- why would anyone be interested in buying ip address space if=
=A0they can do it from SP's themselfs or apply for that ripe allocation?=0A=
4- ICIN 2009 highlighted the fact the SP#s are interested in rolling out ne=
w ethernet services=A0- that has been happening for the past years!=0A5- ht=
tp://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html=A0shows the=A0V4 exhaustion - th=
e depletion of the IPv4 allocation pool has been a concern however is still=
in use. Understanding the v6 migration is driving the change. =0Ahttp://ww=
w.usipv6.com/6sense/2006/mar/pdf/UnderstandingIPv4AddressExhaustion.pdf=0Aj=
ust seems that it follows the switchover to digital=A0(2012)=0A=A0=A0=A0 =
=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 http://www.eurescom.eu/Public/Proje=
cts/P1900-series/P1952/default.asp=0A=A0=0A=A0=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Me=
ssage ----=0AFrom: Tim Franklin <tim@pelican.org>=0ATo: NANOG <nanog@nanog.=
org>=0ASent: Fri, April 23, 2010 12:38:21 PM=0ASubject: Re: Connectivity to=
an IPv6-only site=0A=0A> Which seems a bit far afield from reality to me.=
=A0 Yes, there are lots=0A> of folks with IPv6 connectivity and v4-only rec=
ursive DNS servers.=A0 I=0A> don't think ISPs will have problems setting as=
ide a handful of IPv4=0A> addresses for authoritative DNS infrastructure to=
work around this=0A> until v6 transport in recursive DNS servers is common=
enough.=0A=0AAssuming your ISP is providing your DNS.=A0 What if I, as a n=
ew start-up in the IPv4-exhausted world, want to buy pure bit-pipes from my=
ISP, and be responsible for *everything* further up the stack?=A0 I don't =
believe this is entirely uncommon.=0A=0ARegards,=0ATim.=0A=0A=0A
