Re: Comcast's 6to4 Relays

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

The better solution to that problem is to get additional 6to4 relays deployed closer to India. Perhaps encouraging Tata 
to take some leadership in that area, for example.

I do not believe that the opening of the Comcast relays will harm BGP best path selection for the 6to4 prefix except in 
rather broken and/or pathological cases of BGP best path selection. Those cases should be relatively easy to identify 
and correct locally without preventing Comcast from significantly improving the 6to4 situation for the areas they serve 
by opening their relays.

I applaud John for his leadership in this area and I think the IPv6 work being done by Comcast sets a good example for 
the community. As a Comcast customer, praising Comcast does not come easy to me, but, in this area, they are doing 
excellent things and should be commended.

Owen


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On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Bhoomi Jain <bhoomij () india com> wrote:

> Mr. John,
>
> I thank you for asking the advice of the community.
>
> As our colleagues suggest, having 6to4 relays inside the network helps to reduce the latency.  Opening up your 
> generous services to a larger Internet community by advertising the 192.88.99.0/24 BGP prefix outside the network 
> could have extreme and unintended consequences.
>
> To give you an idea, a lot of the Internet in India depends on the service of the Tata companies, with international 
> routing coming from Tata Communications AS 6453.  Announcing 192.88.99.0/24 to 6453 as a customer, I would worry 
> about its treatment as BGP best-path, in place of closer 6to4 relays.  As you understand, these circuits are very far 
> away, and also very full.  This is not something I would recommend.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bhoomi Jain
>
> At 19 Apr 2011 22:51:24 +0200 (CEST) from "Brzozowski, John" <John_Brzozowski () Cable Comcast com>:
>
> > Folks,
> > Since deploying our 6to4 relays, Comcast has observed a substantial
> > reduction in the latency associated with the use of 6to4. As such we are
> > contemplating further opening our relays for use by others. The
> > availability of our 6to4 relays should improve the experience of others
> > using 6to4 as a means to access content and services over IPv6.
> > We have been open about our IPv6 activities and wanted to follow suit by
> > reaching out to the community and soliciting feedback before moving
> > forward. As always we wish to continue to advocate and support the
> > universal deployment of IPv6.
> > Please send any comments or questions to the list or if you wish to me
> > directly.
> > John
> > =========================================
> > John Jason Brzozowski
> > Comcast Cable
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> > m) 484-962-0060
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