Re: [GLOBAL-V6]The list of current Issues in IPv6 Policy

[leo vegoda <leo@ripe.net>]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 03:05:18PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:

[...]

> Nothing prevents you from *not* routing those addresses on the 
> Internet?  Unless of course it's a problem in the global-v6 policy, which 
> should then be reviewed.

The current policy says that to "qualify for an initial allocation 
of IPv6 address space, an organisation must [...] plan to provide 
IPv6 connectivity to organisations to which it will assign /48s 
by advertising that connectivity through its single aggregated
address allocation".

The implication is that an LIR must plan to announce its allocation 
to the public Internet. 

However, the wording is vague and leads to uncertainty for those
requesting space and those evaluating requests. I would like to 
see the policy updated to use crisp, clear, unambiguous language. 
If there is a consensus that unique, public addresses should not be
available to private networks that will not connect to the Internet 
then that should be stated clearly. If that is not the case then
the reverse should be made clear.

Regards,

-- 
leo vegoda
RIPE NCC
Registration Services Manager