On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Gert Doering wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 01:07:14PM +0300, Aleksi Suhonen wrote:
Hmm ... this raises another potential issue: We would like to be able to host a ccTLD name server and possibly other services that absolutely require global visibility.
Global visibility doesn't require a dedicated network for that server - to the contrary: if you want to make that name server reliably reachable, take address space from the largest block you can find.
There is *no* need for PI or "otherwise special" addresses for a ccTLD name server.
This is out of the scope of eix-wg, but i do not fully agree: + root servers are globally-critical infrastructure + ccTLD servers are community-critical infrastructure AND: IXPs fall in the border of the previous two: a) An IXP in London/Amsterdam/Frankfurt/... is globally-critical b) An IXP in Lisbon/Warsaw/Bucharest/... is community-critical The curious thing is b) are also undoubtably IXPs, but it is more difficult for them, being in small cities to get a /48 from the IXPs' block (take another look at the rules!) hint: transit providers dont show up often in small cities' IXPs!
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