I believe that to be true. In fact, I don't think Paul's connections probably made it particularly easier for him to get his space to any extent other than he might have some level of established credibility for the claims made in his justification. (i.e. his honest may be a bit less suspect than someone unknown to the RIR staff). Owen --On Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:32 PM -0600 Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote:
Thus spake "Paul Vixie" <vixie@vix.com>
iljitsch@muada.com (Iljitsch van Beijnum) writes:
Wow, IPv6 misinformation is reaching unprecendented heights here on NANOG...
yes. for example, you wrote...
There is currently no PI in IPv6 unless you're an internet exchange or a root server.
...but i really do think of 2001:4f8::/32 as PI, even though ISC is neither an IX nor a rootserver. (f-root has its own /48, which is something else.)
So you're claiming that any IPv6 PI applicant without your political connections to the IESG, ARIN, IANA, etc. can get a /32? I don't know exactly how many subnets/hosts ISC has, but I seriously doubt ISC could even get a PI /48 if you weren't buddies with the folks making allocation decisions.
Most companies do not have the advantages you apparently take for granted; the IETF thus far has been adamant that only ISPs will get PI space, no matter how big an end-user site may be, exceptions for the IETF/IANA leadership's employers notwithstanding.
S
Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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