Re: Fallacy by Kurt (was Re: IPv6 Policy Clarification - Initial allocation criteria "d)")

[Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

Gert Doering;

Hi,

> Something that right now confuses *me* is:  If I understand this
> correctly, the 'default-free zone' is meant to be kept below 1000
> routes, so routers can be fast.

The hard limit is, IMO, 8192.

> But what about the internal 
> structure of all these networks?  At least the "internal core" boxes
> need to know all routes for the "NLI"s (or the NLIs' customers), which 
> might well be many 1000s...

You are right.

There is nothing mentioned in the draft, but I suggested 1000
today, which I still think enough for TLI internal, but should
not be enough for NLI. Do you have any suggestion?

Note that routers in NLIs may have less performance than those
in TLIs.

							Masataka Ohta