Re: the race to the bottom problem

[Alexandre Petrescu <[e-mail]>]

Le 06/11/2020 à 11:36, Fernando Gont a écrit :
> On 6/11/20 07:04, Alexandre Petrescu wrote:
>> I have been reminded in private about 'race to the bottom'.
>> 
>> In the Variable SLAAC solution draft we do touch on the problem:
>> 
>>> The "race to the bottom problem" - is the problem where allowing
>>>  prefixes longer than 64 to be used in SLAAC will lead to 65, 66
>>> and so on, up to 127 and 128 allocations.  At that point the
>>> bottom would be reached and thus impossible to extend the network
>>> further.
>> 
>> A solution is then proposed in section 8 titled "Greater than 64
>> bit prefix usage by ISPs is strictly prohibited".
> 
> Then we'd need an RFC for formally creating the Internet
> police/militia. (possibly a very bad timing for an already bad
> idea).

So we need to attenuate that 'strictly prohibited' wording and improve a
way forward.

Alex

> 
> Thanks,