On Oct 18, 2010, at 9:53 AM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On 10/18/10 9:33 AM, Tony Hain wrote: >> This 'get a /32' BAD ADVICE has got to stop. There are way too many people >> trying to force fit their customers into a block that is intended for a >> start-up with ZERO customers. >> >> Develop a plan for /48 per customer, then go to ARIN and get that size >> block. > > Develop a plan, consider the prior art, consider the possibly that you > might deploy 6rd, consider what your peers are doing, consider the > projections for your business. Go to arin with a request that meets your > current and anticipated needs and that is defensible. > > don't decide without thinking it through that you're assigning a > customer a /64 a /60 a /56 or even /48. this should be defensible as > part of a business plan, otherwise what's the point? > A /48 is defensible. It's the architecturally intended end-site configuration, it is allowed by policy, and, it is a reasonable starting point. There is no real reason to assign less than a /48 to any end-site other than hyper- conservatism due to IPv4-think.
Owen >> Figure out exactly what you are going to assign to customers later, >> but don't tie your hands by asking for a block that is way too small to >> begin with. Any ISP with more than 30k customers SHOULD NOT have a /32, and >> if they got one either trade it in or put it in a lab and get a REAL block. >> >> Tony >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Brandon Kim [mailto:brandon....@brandontek.com] >>> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 1:59 PM >>> To: nanog@nanog.org >>> Subject: RE: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption >>> >>> >>> Thanks everyone who responded. This list is such a valuable wealth of >>> information. >>> >>> Apparently I was wrong about the /64 as that should be /32 so thanks >>> for that correction.... >>> >>> Thanks again especially on a Saturday weekend! >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: rdobb...@arbor.net >>>> To: nanog@nanog.org >>>> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:09:43 +0000 >>>> Subject: Re: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 16, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: >>>> >>>>> Then move on to the Internet which as with most things is where the >>> most cuurent if not helpful information resides. >>>> >>>> >>>> Eric Vyncke's IPv6 security book is definitely worthwhile, as well, >>> in combination with Schudel & Smith's infrastructure security book (the >>> latter isn't IPv6-specific, but is the best book out there on >>> infrastructure security): >>>> >>>> <http://www.ciscopress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=1587055945> >>>> >>>> <http://www.ciscopress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=1587053365> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>>> Roland Dobbins <rdobb...@arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> >>>> >>>> Sell your computer and buy a guitar. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> = >> >> >