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-----Original Message----- From: owner-global-v6@lists.apnic.net [mailto:owner-global-v6@lists.apnic.net]On Behalf Of Pekka Savola Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 6:33 AM To: Randy Bush Cc: Daniel Karrenberg; global-v6@lists.apnic.net; ipv6-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: [GLOBAL-V6] Re: up a few thousand meters >On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Randy Bush wrote: > > > Why toss all of that aboard, pretending we cannot work around the routing > > > problem for now when moving to IPv6 > > > > because my routers do not have a 'pretend' mode and i know of no router > > vendors testing such a mode. > > Our routers' 'pretend' mode is called route filtering. Perhaps you've > heard of it too. > > There are no problems with route filtering at e.g. sTLA /32 boundary _if_ > RIR's would be adamant in their policies not to give a /32 or shorter out > to people that don't need them. > There is the crux of the problem with the originally suggested change of allowing any LIR to get a /32. The RIR's under that policy don't look at need but at membership. So people who don't "need" them can still get them by becoming a member. Of course "Need" is often a subjective thing to measure John Crain - - This list (global-v6) is handled by majordomo@lists.apnic.net
