[87475] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Deploying IPv6 in a datacenter (Was: Awful quiet?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Wed Dec 21 11:29:54 2005
In-Reply-To: <43A97F2B.9080904@hotnic.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:29:19 -0500
To: Kevin Loch <kloch@hotnic.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Kevin Loch wrote:
>
> Kevin Day wrote:
>
>> 9) Once we started publishing AAAA records for a few sites, we
>> started getting complaints from some users that they couldn't
>> reach the sites.
>
> It is possible that a broken 6to4 relay somewhere was causing
> problems.
> Running your own local 6to4 relay (rfc3068) will improve
> performance and
> reduce the chances of going through a broken one.
>
> FWIW, I have been running some AAAA records for almost a year on some
> revenue generating sites without any reachability complaints or
> drop in traffic. I do run a local 6to4 relay though.
>
>> I know this is still a hot topic and several proposals are being
>> passed around to resolve some of these issues, but it seems like I
>> *lose* functionality with IPv6 that I have with IPv4, mostly due
>> to the "don't deaggregate your allocation" mantra, and how far the
>> bar was raised to get PI space.
>
> It sounds like you are an existing ISP in the ARIN reigon. If so
> then you qualify for a /32 allocation. Let us know if you have any
> problems getting one. For non-ISP's, the policy is still being
> worked out. See the ARIN ppml list for discussion.
specifically, 2005-1
http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2005_1.html
Comments by all are welcomed.
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
> As for deaggregation, it is not
> recommended because some filter (/48's) and some don't which results
> in sub-optimal paths, but it can be done depending on what your
> peers will accept.
>
> - Kevin
