On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:05:52 +0200, "Marc van Selm" <marc.van.selm@nc3a.nato.int> said: [snip]
I do not like the requirement that the block must be returned after 3 years. That is against the main reason why PI is useful. Freedom of renumbering everytime one needs to change ISP. When one needs to start over after 3 years one might as wel use PA because one needs to renumber once in a while anyway.
We're not talking 3 years from the assignment is made, but 3 years from the time when there is consensus that PI in the traditional sense is no longer necessary. So, if say in 2012 the community decides that some available multi-homing solution works, scales etc for all uses, you have to migrate by 2015. The availability of tools to handle and/or eliminate any re-numbering issues would be an important criteria for such a decision. [I support PI if I have my arms twisted to fully implement v6 *now*, but the fundamental question is whether v6 without a scalable routing architecture is ready for use.] //per -- Per Heldal http://heldal.eml.cc/