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- Subject: [IETF56] 6bone transition planning
- From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:50:10 +0900
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status and discussion of the proposal for the "6bone transfer of 6bone address
management responsibility to rirs"
6bone started mar 1996
current authority comes from rfc2471 from original IANA
focus moved on to
place for experimentation with routing and operational procedures
a place to evolve practices useful for production ipv6 prefix allocfation
a place to provide bootstrap qualification
a place to try out ipv6 for free
making it a robust tetsbed
discussion underway, draft in progress
focuses mostly on keepin the backbone cleaned up and unsnarled from logn tunnelling transti times
transitioning the registry under the RIRs
discussions started last year with RIRs
currently unclear what is next
planning for the phaseout of the 6bone
we need to have a solid plan for a phaseout that is openly discussed...
transitioning the registry under the RIRs
in early 2002 discussiosns were started wit the rirs driven by the two issues
clarifying the role the 6bone address registry has with respect to the rirs ipv6 address registry
gaining access to the ip6.arpa reverse registry
not at issue, contrary to common perception, is that it was being done because bob fink was retiring
bob always intended ...
other issues related to rir involvement
during the course of early discussions the rirs' management made it clear that htey could not speak to the issue of how long the 6bone allocation authority would last
rather, it was an issue that the ietf and/or the iana would have to deal with
to this end, a discussion was opened within the ietf on 6bone phaseout planning
who would oversee operations?
the 6bone community
comments from the 6bone community
having to pay for testbed addressing whenthey haven't been in the past
having to go through more complexity
what is pay for service when the 6bone is a volunteer effort... rir services aren't needed
unwillingness to pay for service and then be expected to hand our free address services to downstream users
well then, what's next?
it isn't clear this proposal should proceede, given:
the opinions expressed on both sides
a soon to be in place 6bone phaseout plan
a decline in the request rate for 6bone prefixes
a steady increase in allocated producdtion prefixes
the ability of the rirs to temporarily allocate ipv6 addresses for internet experiments
ip6.arpa
6bone community would operate it
6bone phaseout -> NS record will be gone
the rirs have agreed that in light of the foregoing
there is no need to continue planning for a 6bone RIR integration
the 6bone would thus continue to manage its own allocations through out the life of the phaseout plan
the rirs will delegate eff3.ip6.arpa to name servers that the 6bone community provides
6bone phaseout planning
rfc2471: "temporary" - so it may be removed
since 1999 allcocation of ipv6 production prefixes by rir communty has been undeerway
it is generally assumed that there is still some remaining need for the 6bone, at least for current usage that will take time to evaluate and possibly move to production ipv6 networks when possible
how to plan a phaseout
original ietf home for the 6bone's oversight was the ngtrans wg
draft-fink-6bone-phaseout-00
contune pTLA allocation until jul 1, 2004
after that no new allocation will be made
6bone phaseout date july 1, 2006
it is required that no 6bone 3ffe prefixes, of any form/prefix length, be used
IANA MUST reclaim the prefix, then hold it for a while for future allocation
comment to date
most agree with the phaseout plan
jan 1, 2005 -> jul 1 2005
IANA 2-year non-reuse a SHOUDL not a MUST to allow for possible other uses
add eff3.ip6.arpa to iana considerations
more discussion?
need at least 1 year window
APNIC: $625, no need to be member
jan 1, 2004 -> jul 6, 2006
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