[dhcwg] Re: [v6ops] Re: [IPv6]Re: Android now su pports DHCPv6 PD

Tim Chown <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:41:15 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.dhc,gmane.ietf.v6ops
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On 17/09/2025, 01:36, "Lorenzo Colitti" <[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, 17 Sept 2025, 09:17 Mark Smith, <[email protected]<mailto:mark=
[email protected]>> wrote:
If but anyone had warned of this outcome before.

If you're worried about IPv6 address space running out, you might want to h=
ave a look at the original IPv6 proposal in RFC 8507, which proposed a 64 b=
it address space.

There's no need to look at history here. We can just observe that all cellu=
lar networks assign two or more /64s to every device by default, all the ti=
me. That is the industry standard and was strongly argued for by the IETF w=
hen mobile operators originally designed the standards to assign only a sin=
gle /128 per device.

Why RIPE would have a policy that allows cellular networks to provide multi=
ple /64s per device but doesn't allow, say, enterprise networks to do the s=
ame seems somewhat arbitrary and unfair. After all, both of these are IETF-=
standard deployment models.

Well, =93RIPE=94 is just a community of people, that could redefine/clarify=
 that policy to reflect modern reality.

As an NREN advocating campuses deploy IPv6, we have to justify giving more =
than a /48 to an organisation, and if DHCP-PD isn=92t acceptable then those=
 organisations will need to look at LIR status.  That=92s not currently an =
expensive proposition, in the grand scheme of university finances.  An NREN=
 can route such LIR space alongside assignments from its own space, as we d=
o.

Tim

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:36.0pt">There's no need to look=
 at history here. We can just observe that all cellular networks assign two=
 or more /64s to every device by default, all the time. That is the industr=
y standard and was strongly argued for
 by the IETF when mobile operators originally designed the standards to ass=
ign only a single /128 per device.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:36.0pt">Why RIPE would have a p=
olicy that allows cellular networks to provide multiple /64s per device but=
 doesn't allow, say, enterprise networks to do the same seems somewhat arbi=
trary and unfair. After all, both of
 these are IETF-standard deployment models.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></=
span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Well, =93RIPE=94 is=
 just a community of people, that could redefine/clarify that policy to ref=
lect modern reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></=
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">As an NREN advocati=
ng campuses deploy IPv6, we have to justify giving more than a /48 to an or=
ganisation, and if DHCP-PD isn=92t acceptable then those organisations will=
 need to look at LIR status.&nbsp; That=92s not
 currently an expensive proposition, in the grand scheme of university fina=
nces. &nbsp;An NREN can route such LIR space alongside assignments from its=
 own space, as we do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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