Re: [GLOBAL-V6] [address-policy-wg] Re: [ppml] How to get a IPv6 /32 the cheap way: go to AFRINIC

[Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie>]

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Randy Bush wrote:
> > As long as each entity only have a single prefix, the dfz should be
> > somewhat optimal.
>
> great idea!  was one of the rationales for A, B, and C.  oops.

Now Randy, a young-un like you mightn't remember back that far, but I seem 
to remember from the time that the primary motivation for ditching classful 
addressing was due to number depletion, an issue that we don't have in 
ipv6, and are unlikely to see in the medium to long term.

Besides, ipv6 doesn't implement classful addressing; it simply allows LIRs 
and PI end-users a sufficiently large amount of address space that 
additional allocations/assignments shouldn't be necessary to even remotely 
the same extent as in ipv4.

Nick

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