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>One of the tragedies of IPv6, IMO, is not having a better/streamlined process for end users to get allocations without all the red tape. There's tons of space,
by Veliladon 3y ago
>One of the tragedies of IPv6, IMO, is not having a better/streamlined process for end users to get allocations without all the red tape. There's tons of space, let's pretend it's the 90s and give away IP blocks to whoever asks. Either require ISPs to give static allocations or make it easier for getting a personal block. No, prefix delegation is not good enough.
This is by design. If we let arbitrary routings of /64 blocks pollute the global routing table shit is going to go sideways as the rest of the net scales up and up. We made that mistake with IPv4 and the only reason our routers haven't gone thermonuclear keeping up with the announced routes is we literally ran out of address space.
We're not going to get the IPv6 equivalent of IPv4 /24s announced ever again. While minimum prefix lengths aren't hard enforced (yet), unless you have the means/reason to be multihomed using /48s you're pretty much going to be under the hierarchical routing of your transport or last mile provider.