[afripv6-discuss] Re: [GLOBAL-V6] [ppml] How to get a IPv6 /32 the cheap way: go to AFRINIC

Frank Habicht geier-lists-afripv6 at tih.co.tz
Tue Jun 26 06:21:16 SAST 2007


On 6/22/2007 7:09 PM, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> I am also fine with that as long as there is a justification for the address
> space. Just being LIR is not good enough IMHO. Address space should be
> provided under the premise that it will actually be used one day. As such
> /48's are very appropriate for end-sites, upto /40 for large corporations,
> anything above that should be able to get a /32. But this all by justification
> of need.
>   
Jeroen,
If I'm not very mistaken, there was and is -- until $tomorrow ;-) -- no
[implemented] policy in AfriNIC for assigning /40s or /48s.
So until now it's "/32 or nothing". That could be a reason.
I believe _everybody_ was entitled to propose policies to enable /48s
earlier.


Greetings,
Frank



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