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[Witarea] Re: [v6ops] Re: How to make an elegant IPv4 outage

Gert Doering <gert@space.net> Sun, 14 June 2026 17:07 UTC

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From: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>
To: Franck Martin <franck@peachymango.org>
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Hi,

On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 11:45:27AM -0500, Franck Martin wrote:
> It feels to me anyone should be able to request an IPv6 allocation to the local RIR AND then ask to have it routed by its provider. Until then, the provider will try to lock the customer, as they always have done.

No.  This very list has been at this very point about 6 weeks ago...

"Kaboom".

Gert Doering
        -- NetMaster
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have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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