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There were some smaller chunks in the experimental days, but note that in 2006, each RIR was given a /12, and since then there have been zero allocations at the
by p1mrx 12y ago
There were some smaller chunks in the experimental days, but note that in 2006, each RIR was given a /12, and since then there have been zero allocations at the top level.
8 years of stability is hardly a "poorly planned mess".
- akira2501 12y agoIn 2006 they also gave ARIN a /23 and APNIC a /20. Then, one month later they expanded some previous RIR allocations into /12's; separate from the previous two allocations I mentioned. They are also allocated in a seemingly random order throughout 2000::/3, which they've decided to constrain their allocations to for some reason. To the point that the linux documentation project still recommends the following as an ipv6 default route example: /sbin/ip -6 route add 2000::/3 via 2001:0db8:0:f101::1 Yea.. it's /workable/, but a lot of decisions with respect to IPv6 feel like wasted opportunities that have only slowed adoption and promoted general confusion.