[AfrIPv6-Discuss] IPv6 address management

[Paul McMaster]

Hi Mark

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Mark Elkins <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:
> Google Doc ?
> That is almost like putting IP addresses in a Spreadsheet?

I meant google spreadsheet ;) Just some initial planning done on it to
get our core and office running before roll out. Before it becomes a
nightmare I want to move to a better system for some levels of
automation and to prevent duplication.

> I have always maintained that the best place to store IP allocation
> information is in the appropriate DNS zone files. That is where it is
> used and hopefully you only have one authoritative source of information
> there.
>
> Whether done by hand ("vi" the zone) or by some web based front end
> should make no difference (but not both methods on the same zone).

Thanks, will see what we can do.

> Some addressing suggestions - "match" the IPv6 addresses to the existing
> IPv4 addresses:
>   At Posix - I have 160.124.0.0/16 and 2001:42a0::/32
>
>   A network in Pretoria is 160.124.48.0/24 and 2001:42a0:1000:48::/64
>   A machine that never moves is 160.124.48.1 and 2001:42a0:1000:48::1

Thanks, will keep that in mind. Same with e.g Google dns of
2001:4860:4860::8888. Hence the need for correct and easy to search
for data.

@Nishal, thanks will play around with those systems and see what best fits.

Kind regards,

Paul McMaster