[13490] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: moving to IPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary E. Miller)
Fri Nov 7 16:57:42 1997
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 13:50:36 -0800 (PST)
From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
Reply-To: gary miller <gem@rellim.com>
To: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19971107114301.10248@Mars.Mcs.Net>
Yo Karl!
On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Karl Denninger wrote:
> We could, for example, define a "country code" set of bits in the high-order
> field of the "provider" area. For example, from the LEFT side of the
> IPv6 address (128 bits wide):
>
> Bits
> 0 - 8 - Reserved for when interplanetary travel and subspace
> communication become functional (to define "Galaxies" -
> this appeases Jim Fleming and Star Trek types :-) :-)
>
> 9 - 17 - Country code (1024 countries; there's only so much land
> on the planet, and we're well under that now I believe :-)
> 48 - 63 - Provider's AS Number
How would you handle large providers that accept local traffic using
the same AS in numerous countries?
RGDS
GARY
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