[as112-ops] IPv6 network block for AS112 and experiments

[Clement Cavadore]

Hi William,


On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 20:52 -0400, William F. Maton wrote:
> All,
> 
>  	Good news:  The DNS-OARC has acquired an IPv6 network block for 
> the use of AS112 nodes to anycast with, as a counterpart to its IPv4 
> version.  Now, before people go crazy, there are some considerations to 
> take into account:
> 
> - There's the draft from March to the IETF called
>    draft-michaelson-as112-ipv6-00 which undoubtedly seeks input from the
>    community;
> 
> - I have a draft setup page on converting an existing IPv4 node to use that
>    draft's suggested zone list as well as configuring for IPv6 BGP peering,
>    in my particular node's case.  The page is here:
> 
>  	http://public.as112.net/node/26
> 
>    Comments on this hack are welcome; and
> 
> - Absolutely, positively NO delegations of IPv6 reverse zones have been
>    made, so even if the instructions were followed, the only queries that
>    will work are deliberate ones made by an operator trying things out.
> 
> Speaking of trying things out, the IPv6 netblock is 2620:4f:8000::0/48 and 
> I would be very interested if any of the fellow advanced academic and 
> research networks that happen to have IPv6 connectivity can see this 
> route.

I started announcing it from our AS112 node (and configured our DNS
server to be authoritative on the listed zones). 
Hope it's not too early ? If so, let me know, and we will stop the BGP
session waiting for your go.

Best regards,

-- 
Clément Cavadore