[89109] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: shim6 @ NANOG (forwarded note from John Payne)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Mar 2 16:28:17 2006
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:27:35 -0800
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>,
Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <BF73C6E8-1EFE-4EDF-9DC3-F584B53EE9C8@muada.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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--On March 2, 2006 3:15:59 PM +0100 Iljitsch van Beijnum
<iljitsch@muada.com> wrote:
>
> On 2-mrt-2006, at 14:49, Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com wrote:
>
>> Clearly, it would be extremely unwise for an ISP or
>> an enterprise to rely on shim6 for multihoming. Fortunately
>> they won't have to do this because the BGP multihoming
>> option will be available.
>
> I guess you have a better crystal ball than I do.
>
> One thing is very certain: today, a lot of people who have their own PI
> or even PA block with IPv4, don't qualify for one with IPv6. While it's
> certainly possible that the rules will be changed such that more people
> can get an IPv6 PI or PA block, it is EXTREMELY unlikely that this will
> become as easy as with IPv4.
>
Possibly, but, if that is true, then, to that extent, it will delay or
prevent the adoption of IPv6 by those people.
> Ergo: some people who multihome with BGP in IPv4 today won't be able to
> do the same with IPv6. And if you manage to get a PI or PA block you
> will very likely find that deaggregating won't work nearly as well with
> IPv6 as it does with IPv4.
>
And why would those people consider migrating to IPv6?
> So learn to love shim6 or help create something better. Complaining
> isn't going to solve anything.
I'm trying to create something better. I doubt many people in the
operational
community will ever learn to love shim6.
Owen
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