On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 06:21:10PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote: > Very late to this party, but: > > On 27-Jun-2007, at 09:11, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > >We can argue about the meaning of "intrinsically" I guess. But what > >I mean > >is that they are /48s and I don't expect to see /48s routed globally. > >Architecturally, they are certainly routeable (and so are /128s). > >But I am sure they will be filtered. > > I hope they won't all be filtered, since there are a non-trivial > number of infrastructure services in the DNS which are deployed > using /48s assigned directly from RIRs under policies designed to > facilitate critical infrastructure. > > I realise that you were talking in far more general terms than this, > but every time I see someone make blanket statements about "/48s" and > their presence in the DFZ it makes me twitch. Not all /48s are > components of larger assignments or allocations.
actually, to borrow a phrase from a mutual associate, "I encourage Brian (and others) to filter /48s" .... :) i think that it will make their IPv6 experience that much more enjoyable/useful. --bill > > > Joe > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- --bill Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------