Re: Is a /48 still the smallest thing you can route independently?

[Edward Dore <edward.dore () freethought-internet co uk>]

RIPE Labs had an interesting article about filtering of /48 prefixes earlier this year that might be of some interest 
to you: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/ripe-atlas-a-case-study-of-ipv6-48-filtering

There's also a useful RIPE Labs article on general prefix filtering lengths from August last year: 
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/dbayer/visibility-of-prefix-lengths

Edward Dore 
Freethought Internet 

On 11 Oct 2012, at 22:02, Jo Rhett wrote:

> I've finally convinced $DAYJOB to deploy IPv6.  Justification for the IP space is easy, however the truth is that a 
> /64 is more than we need in all locations. However the last I heard was that you can't effectively announce anything 
> smaller than a /48.  Is this still true?
>
> Is this likely to change in the immediate future, or do I need to ask for a /44?
>
> -- 
> Jo Rhett
> Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet projects.