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Re: Extending a /64

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Tue, 10 November 2020 01:45 UTC

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Tony Whyman <tony.whyman@mccallumwhyman.com> wrote:
    > In the end, we concluded that we could not bend the existing standards
    > to do this and did not have the desire to push for change. Hence, we
    > are in the process of asking IANA for a /16 for the global civil
    > aviation community. Hopefully we will get this. However, an argument is
    > expected given that the current policies push back against such a large
    > allocation and demand a utilisation efficiency that we will never
    > achieve. However, if we don't get a /16 and the standards stay as they
    > are, then a private address space and NAT at the boundaries may be the
    > only answer - not really what anyone wants.

I think that it's pretty important that the IETF IPv6 community understand
your needs, and speak clearly in support of your needs.

What would happen if you had a /18 or a /20?

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
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