
| > whois 2001:610:240:0:193::193 | inet6num: 2001:0610:0240::/42 | netname: RIPE-NCC-IPv6 | descr: RIPE NCC | status: ALLOCATED-BY-LIR
I think there are 2 questions here that should be discussed, under the premises that SURFnet has set aside a /42 for the NCC from SURFnet's sTLA: a) what is the "correct" status: field for a block bigger than /48 I think in most cases (like /47, /46 for a big site) it should simply be ASSIGNED, even if it is as big as a /42. b) in a more general sense, to what level are we (LIR) and our sites/customers (/64, /48 or bigger) expected to document internal address management? For the moment, the only thing that looks funny _for me_ is the status: "ALLOCATED-BY-LIR". I read that as an indication that the NCC would make _assignments_ from that block, e.g. /64s and /48s - which I think _should_ be registered by the NCC or by SURFnet. Wilfried.