[policy-wg] AfriNIC policy: IPv6 for critical infrastructure

[Alan Levin]

Hi,

On 09 Oct 2006, at 6:44 PM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
> I think that it will be useful to hear many more people in the list  
> telling
> "yes I like (or I don't like) this or that policy". Even if you  
> don't have a
> clear view about a given policy, but you don't oppose to it, saying  
> so will
> help.

Yes, I like :)

Sorry I will not see you in Mauritius, amongst other things I have  
another young one on the way.

warm regards,

Alan


>
>
>> De: Mark J Elkins <mje at posix.co.za>
>> Organización: Posix Systems
>> Responder a: AfriNIC Policy Working Group List <policy- 
>> wg at afrinic.net>
>> Fecha: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:32:34 +0200
>> Para: AfriNIC Policy Working Group List <policy-wg at afrinic.net>
>> Asunto: Re: [policy-wg] AfriNIC policy: IPv6 for critical  
>> infrastructure
>>
>> Vincent Ngundi wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> * I agree with Jordi, exceptions should be made to organisations  
>>> that run
>>> critical services like TLD root servers (ccTLD managers for  
>>> instance). These
>>> organisations require a PI address space as this will enable them  
>>> to have
>>> more control over the address space they use.
>>>
>>> * Policy ratification should be done online. A system of  
>>> determining whether
>>> a
>>> majority of the community is in agreement should be established.  
>>> Face-to-face
>>> ratification has it's own drawbacks. For instance, if current  
>>> policy bars an
>>> organisation from getting Internet resources to perform certain  
>>> crucial tests
>>> and/or tasks or to provide critical Internet services, then that  
>>> organisation
>>> deserves to have a mechanism at their disposal through which they  
>>> can propose
>>> policies that can be ratfied within a reasonable period  
>>> (reasonable in that
>>> the period can even be included in a Project Plan if need be).
>>>
>>> * The idea is NOT to ease the process of assigning Internet  
>>> resources, but to
>>> reduce the effort in implementing Internet services and  
>>> technologies. Rigid
>>> policy formulation structures may contribute to the slow
>>> implementation/deployment of new Internet technologies.
>>>
>>> * I also propose that these prefixes be assigned on a temporary  
>>> basis (with a
>>> defined testing period) but with the option of retaining them  
>>> based on some
>>> defined RIR criteria.
>>>
>> Do we have consensus about providing PI to critical infrastructure  
>> yet?
>> I'll be at the meeting in Mauritius. That meeting seems to have great
>> focus on IPV6.
>> (Which is Great!!!)
>>
>> I want to potentially apply for some private IPV6 numbering for  
>> UniForum
>> S.A. - the "co.za" registry system. The COZA system peers with  
>> multiple
>> ISP's at JINX and uses multiple people for Transit - so can not  
>> afford
>> to be locked to a single provider and would prefer to have its own
>> allocation. Its the largest domain registry in the AfriNIC region
>> (almost 270000 domains). Part of the validation for a new domain  
>> is that
>> each nameserver is queried to check that all nameservers are
>> authoritative - so until there is native IPV6 - we can't register any
>> domain that contains a nameserver that maps to an IPV6 address.
>>
>> UniForum SA currently has 206.223.136/24 - which was allocated out  
>> of a
>> pool for critical resources. We now directly pay AfriNIC yearly  
>> for this
>> address space.
>>
>> -- 
>>   .  .     ___. .__      Posix Systems - Sth Africa
>>  /| /|       / /__       mje at posix.co.za  -  Mark J Elkins, SCO  
>> ACE, Cisco
>> CCIE
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>>
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