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RE: [GLOBAL-V6]IPv6 Allocation Policy



On Mon, 19 May 2003, Michel Py wrote:

> Indeed the only safe solution you have today is multiple /32s, not
> because you need that much space, but because of filtering. If you cut a
> single /32 in pieces and announce, say a /36 for each continent it will
> be filtered to leave only the /32 pass, resulting in traffic from Asia
> to the US /36 hitting your Asia site and then you have to carry the
> traffic internally.

At the moment we're trying to split the /32 to /35's, hoping that everyone
will at least permit the original /35 that was used.  If we run into
cases, then I'll have to submit applications for multiple /32's.

/cah

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