Re: Draft: PI addressing derived from AS numbers

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis@kurtis.pp.se>]

> I've sent a short draft (7 pages) to Internet-Drafts for publication.
Which I have not yet read but will do in a short while.

> I propose an automatic allocation of /48, /40 or /32 (based on how the
> community feels) of PI addresses if you have an AS number.
>
> A 16-bit AS number in the range 1 - 2^15, that is.  This is just to 
> enable
> IPv6 multihoming temporarily, until another mechanism is devised, to 
> those
> end-sites that already do it today.  This is kind of a "stop those lame
> excuses now, please" -solution.
Just on the brief description here I like the idea. This would require 
my draft of allowing longer prefixes as well though. Perhaps merging 
the two is a good idea.

> Note: personally, I think ASN-PI like this is not a good idea, but 
> it's at
> least better than some others, like breaking aggregates or doing stuff
> like that -- this is controlled, after a fashion.
Agreed.


- kurtis -