Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: the race to the bottom problem

[Philip Homburg <[e-mail]>]

> I'm thinking it might be reasonable to impose a requirement on CE
> routers (and devices in similar roles) that it MUST NOT accept
> delegation of a prefix longer than 64 bits on any interface using
> a technology that only exists on WAN links (e.g., DSL, PON, DOCSIS).
> This doesn't fully solve the problem. But if it's hard to get
> routers that will accept such delegations on WAN-only links, it
> will discourage most operators from doing them. From a business
> analysis case, the cost of providing prefixes with length <= 64
> would be less than the cost of making sure all their customers have
> CE routers in place that do not have this limitation.  Barbara

We can also impose a requirement on CE routers and phones, etc. that if they
don't get a suitable prefix (using DHCPv6 PD or homenet) to number all of
their downstream interfaces using /64s, then they should drop the WAN link.

Is such a requirement going to have any effect? Probably not.