RFC 3177 (rfc3177) - Page 1 of 10
IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites
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Network Working Group IAB
Request for Comments: 3177 IESG
Category: Informational September 2001
IAB/IESG Recommendations on IPv6 Address Allocations to Sites
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document provides recommendations to the addressing registries
(APNIC, ARIN and RIPE-NCC) on policies for assigning IPv6 address
blocks to end sites. In particular, it recommends the assignment of
/48 in the general case, /64 when it is known that one and only one
subnet is needed and /128 when it is absolutely known that one and
only one device is connecting.
The original recommendations were made in an IAB/IESG statement
mailed to the registries on September 1, 2000. This document refines
the original recommendation and documents it for the historical
record.
1. Introduction
There have been many discussions between IETF and RIR experts on the
topic of IPv6 address allocation policy. This memo addresses the
issue of the boundary in between the public and the private topology
in the Internet, that is, how much address space should an ISP
allocate to homes, small and large enterprises, mobile networks and
transient customers.
This document does not address the issue of the other boundaries in
the public topology, that is, between the RIRs and the LIRs.
This document was developed by the IPv6 Directorate, IAB and IESG,
and is a recommendation from the IAB and IESG to the RIRs.
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