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Re: RFC 3484 Section 6 Rule 9

2008-06-02 23:28:36
On 02/06/2008 11:24, "Brian E Carpenter" 
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>

[...]

      For all other
      cases it introduces a bias that has no science about it.
      In otherwords it introduces bias in 99.99999% of cases.
      It helps in 0.00001% of cases (and this is a generous estimate).

In IPv4 that may be so. In the IPv6 model, which is still PA-based
and multiprefix, it's far from true.

I'm not sure that the reality of IPv6 prefix distribution is that it is
PA-based. A quick look at the statistics published by AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN
and LACNIC (RIPE doesn't have a PIv6 policy yet) shows that about 1000
prefixes are /32 or shorter while about 275 are /40 or longer.

Of course, the IPv6 PI policies are all quite new and it could be there
there is very limited demand for IPv6 PI space with most people preferring
multiple PA prefixes but I doubt that's the case.

Regards,

Leo Vegoda

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