Re: [v6ops] draft-ietf-v6ops-ula-usage-recommendations - work or abandon?

[Owen DeLong <[e-mail]>]

> On Nov 5, 2015, at 23:14 , [e-mail] wrote:
> 
>>> Okay, one more operator then. I want to have NPT66 (and ULA) available
>>> in the toolbox.
>>> 
>> 
>> Why would a recommendation against it prevent you using it on your network
>> if you wanted to? How is the IETF recommending against it stopping you from
>> using it?
> 
> I would of course carefully consider the alternatives. But you're right
> that it probably wouldn't stop me if I concluded that NPT66 was the best
> solution.
> 
>> A recommendation not to do something is for people who fundamentally don't
>> know better.
> 
> Which leaves the people who would like to be provider independent in a
> slightly difficult situation. Recommend /48 PI for everybody? Still too
> difficult to acquire for many companies, and with significant scaling
> problems if enough people start using it. NPT66? "Harmful", as some
> people here would like the documents to say.

How is a /48 PI hard to acquire? Where?

I know it’s utterly simple in the ARIN region.
To the best of my knowledge, it is fairly simple in RIPE.
It’s utterly easy in APNIC, though somewhat expensive IMHO.
I believe it is fairly easy in LACNIC.
To the best of my knowledge, it is not difficult or expensive in AfriNIC.

Please explain exactly what circumstances make it too difficult for any company
to acquire a /48 PI as I would consider this a brokenness in the relevant RIR’s
policy and would happily work to resolve the issue.

Owen