[sclug] FYA

[Simon Huggins]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 08:08:55PM +0000, ed wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:53:21 +0000
> Simon Huggins <huggie at earth.li> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 06:30:45PM +0000, ed wrote:
> > > Has anyone been allocated any IPv6 PI space privately?  
> > I thought only ARIN was doing IPv6 PI (though it seems AfriNIC is
> > too now).
> > I don't really understand your "privately" either.  Surely if you want
> > it to truely be Provider Independent then you'd want to get it from
> > an RIR?
> FWIW, I met a guy at the Nottingham RIPE meeting, Peter something or
> other at Blue Squared hosting, who happened to know your name from
> Blackcat, said Rapid switch have their kit at the DC where he works...
> Small world.

Oh yes, the ISP industry does seem tiny at times.

> Anyway, what I was after was just my own little piece of IPv6 space,
> since there's so much of it to go around. Privately might not have
> been the best word to describe what I'm after. Really I just wanted my
> own space in my name, without having to go through a LIR to get it.

I suppose you could get a tunnel from somewhere and then you'd be able
to move it around independently.

I think your own /48 from $random_isp is more likely though.

Personally I don't have any IPv6 locally any more.

Simon.

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