On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Vlad Ion <
vlad.thoth@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For a year now whenever it comes to IPv6 telco implementations I keep facing
> 2 problems so I was hoping you can guide me towards find a group that deals
> with these issues or discussion solutions. The 2 problems are related to
> IPv6 multi-homing and access to the internet in IPv6 format for a quick
> transitions from v4 to v6. Also I need some guidance as to what needs to be
> done for a draft document proposal to be created about the proposed
> solutions mentioned bellow and who needs to be involved in this process.
>
> As far as multi-homing goes in IPv6 the solution discussion generated by
> using provider-independent address space like mentioned in
> draft-hain-ipv6-pi-addr-10 seems too complicated to implement efficiently
> and generates a lot of unnecessary work. Because IPv6 will never really be
> adopted by ISPs, telco and enterprises until it offers a feasible
> multi-homing solution my proposal is that some solutions are redefined such
> as provider independent address space and the 6to4 standard.
>
> I propose that the 6to4 ip conversion space from ipv4 addresses to
> 2002::ipv6 space will be redefined as provider independent address space.
> This way whoever wants to implement ipv6 with multi-homing can simply
> redefine their existing IPv4 addresses in IPv6 6to4 format and have
> multi-homing in ipv6. Everyone already uses ipv4 multi-homing with success
> so I see no point in defining a new addressing system for v6 when everyone
> can simply use the same v4 address space for multi-homing but converted in
> 6to4 format.
>
> Also, another issue faced by whoever uses IPv6 is that access to the
> internet in v6 format is limited so a proposal has to be made to the RIRs to
> offer incentives such as free IPv6 space for anyone who implements 6to4
> relay routers and advertises their existing v4 space in v6 format along with
> the newly received free v6 space.
>
> I believe that as long as ietf gets involved and a rfc is written on these 2
> proposals starting with the redefining of the provider independent address
> space and its inclusion in the 6to4 format things will be a lot more compact
> and give some additional momentum to the IPv6 migration process.
>
> Best regards and I hope to hear from you soon,
> Vlad Ion
>
> Siemens PSE
> IP backbone design engineer
>