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

Gert Doering <gert@space.net> Sat, 14 November 2015 18:14 UTC

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Hi,

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 12:29:38PM +0100, Philip Homburg wrote:
> It struck me that PI in the RIPE region is similar to getting a DNS domain.
> There is a registry (for PI in the RIPE region that would be the RIPE NCC)
> and there are registrars (that would be the LIRs in the RIPE region)
> 
> For a DNS domain, registrars have completely automated process where you
> pick the name, fill in the nameservers, pay, etc. Usually you can pay for
> multiple years in advance, so doesn't take too much time.
> 
> It seems to me that the same model could apply to PI if it would get 
> popular. Though I have to admit, I never bothered to look into the 
> actual procedures for getting PI space. Maybe you have to show up in 
> person in Amsterdam :-)

It is similar to the DNS process.  And, as you might have noticed, not
every Internet user in the world has their own domain.  qed. :)

Gert Doering
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