Do we need a Routing Registry for IPv6?
Joachim Schmitz, JS395-RIPE
Presentation at RIPE 31
IPv4 Routing Registry
What do we have in the current IPv4 IRR?
- policy description with RIPE-181/RPSL
- corresponding objects
- autnum objects
- route objects
- AS/route sets
- hierarchy: CIDR
IPv4 Benefits from the IRR
- coordination among ISPs
- debugging assistance on network problems by policy/route or contact
information
- management of router configurations
IPv6 Routing Registry
What do we have for IPv6?
IPv6: Current Situation
- 6bone - tunneling IPv6 in IPv4
coordination by 6bone registry
knows inet6num, ipv6-site
reference http://www.6bone.net
- address allocation begins Jan'99
- hierarchy: TLA/NLA
IPv6: Expected Development
- new independent native "Inter6net"
- long coexistence with IPv4
- 6bone extended
- translation between IPv4 and IPv6
- possibly others, introducing a complex situation
Revisit Benefits of IRR
Are they applicable to IPv6?
- coordination among ISPs
- debugging assistance on network problems
- management of router configurations
They are applicable!
Need for an IPv6 IRR?
- due to the benefits: yes
- plus: manage interface IPv4 - IPv6
- time too early? no
Consequences
We need an IPv6 Routing Registry! => call for participation
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Joachim Schmitz, JS395-RIPE, 23-Sep-1998, RIPE 31, Edinburgh