> On 20220224, at 16:26, Gert Doering <g...@space.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 04:08:45PM +0100, Jeroen Massar via ipv6-wg wrote:
>>> People could ask "why not GUA"? The answer is: it is difficult to get yet 
>>> another /28 GUA from RIR just for the infrastructure.
>>> /28 goal has the technical roots by itself. It is the sort of technical 
>>> solution.
>> 
>> RIR typically give out the space that one really needs.
>> 
>> If you can justify it, you will get it.
>> 
>> If you cannot justify it, you likely do not need it.
>> 
>> As a LIR can get a IPv6 /29 per default (and then likely never have to ask 
>> again).... I would be very surprised if one is a large entity that one 
>> cannot receive an extra /28.
> 
> If I hear "/28 just for the infrastructure" I'd claim "they are doing
> something wrong, in significant ways".
> 
> No network is so big that a /32 wouldn't be enough *for the infrastructure*
> (4 billion /64 subnets), unless you start encoding stuff into network 
> prefixes that should not be there.
> 
> And no, people should not get /28s for (pure) "network numbers are hard"
> reasons.

Full ack on that.

Hence why I mentioned "if you can justify it" :)

Greets,
 Jeroen


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