Correct, a quick glance reveals that Equinix, Telehouse America, and WorldCom MAE Services have all received ARIN IPv6 Exchange Point Microallocations out of non-6bone 2001: space--especially important now that it appears folks are renumbering out of 3ffe: and the 6bone-phaseout draft is on the table. I'm not sure why MAE's decided to go for a /48 for each location, but at Equinix we've just been carving out a /64 for each Exchange from the /48 block, as is the common practice at most exchanges. If Your Friendly Local Exchange doesn't support address space for IPv6 peering, just ask and I'm sure they would be happy to look into it. ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC policies are pretty much in sync on this topic, and designed to encourage adoption. Cheers, -Lane Lane Patterson <lane@equinix.com> Sr. R&D Engineer Equinix, Inc.

-----Original Message----- From: Richard Jimmerson [mailto:richardj@arin.net] Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 8:42 AM To: 'Nanog' Subject: RE: IPv6 Space at Public Exchanges

Hello Michael,

There is a policy in the ARIN region that allows IPv6 and IPv4 "micro-allocations" to exchange points. The policy is stated at:

http://www.arin.net/policy/2001_3.html

The list of IPv6 micro-allocations ARIN has made to date is available at the following URL. These allocations are also documented in ARIN WHOIS.

http://www.arin.net/registration/ipv6/micro_alloc.html

Best Regards,

Richard Jimmerson Director of Operations American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Michael K. Smith Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 12:44 AM To: Nanog Subject: IPv6 Space at Public Exchanges

Hello:

Does anyone know if there are plans for IPv6 address space to be made available at the various public exchanges for the purpose of IPv6 peering between existing IPv4 peers?

Mike

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