On 10/2/07, Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote:
If you feel ARIN has not solved the PIv6 issue sufficiently well, please take that argument to PPML. As of today, if you qualify for PIv4 space, you qualify for PIv6 space automatically -- and you only have to pay the fees for one of them.
Stephen, At this point its not an ARIN problem. The requirement from the operators (like us) is that ARIN keep the total number of PI prefixes to a minimum. So long as that requirement stands, ARIN is doing the best it can. Having recently dealt with the 244k IPv4 TCAM limit on my 6500 sup 2's, I'll stipulate that the requirement has merit. But lets not pass buck; its our requirement, not ARIN's. Also, to be clear: if you meet the requirements for IPv4 addresses today then you can get IPv6 addresses today. This is not parity with IPv4: a large number of IPv4 addresses are presently assigned to organizations who met the requirements of their day but do not meet today's requirements. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004