Re: Definitive Guide to IPv6 adoption - Sparse IPv6 allocation

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

Randy - 
 
  We'll likely put that out to the ARIN community for consultation
  at the point in time when becomes a potential issue. I expect we 
  will have plenty of time before that needs to be considered at the
  present rate of allocation.

/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN

On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:

> John,
>
> Can you tell us at what degree the bisection stops?  i.e. does it keep going until there are no spaces left, or will 
> you leave some space in between each one to leave some room for future needs for orgs that already have allocations?
>
>
> -Randy
>
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> | Red Hat Certified Engineer
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > On Oct 18, 2010, at 2:18 PM, David Conrad wrote:
> > > On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Jack Bates wrote:
> > > > ARIN does reservations (unsure at what length, but at least down to
> > > > /31).
> > >
> > > Do they still do that? Back when I was at IANA, one of the
> > > justifications the RIRs gave for the /12s they received was that
> > > they were going to be using the 'bisection' method of allocation
> > > which removes the need for reservation. Last I heard, APNIC was
> > > using the bisection method...
> >
> > ARIN is doing the same (the 'bisection' method) with our IPv6
> > management
> > since January 2010: we refer to the "sparse allocation" approach and
> > it
> > was requested by the community during the ARIN/NANOG Dearborn meeting.
> >
> > FYI,
> > /John
> >
> > John Curran
> > President and CEO
> > ARIN