Hello:
Does anyone know if there are plans for IPv6 address space to be made
available at the various public exchanges for the purpose of IPv6 peering
between existing IPv4 peers?
Mike
Michael K. Smith wrote:
Does anyone know if there are plans for IPv6 address space to be made
available at the various public exchanges for the purpose of
IPv6 peering
between existing IPv4 peers?
Next to the space from ep.net there is also some 'universal' space
from the RIR's called 'Global IPv6 Internet Exchange Points
Assignments'.
Check http://www.ripe.net/ipv6/ipv6allocs.html at the bottom for
a list. Apparently (quite probably due to ep.net 
there are no
ARIN delegations yet though. Is there a list Bill?
RIPE count is at 26, APNIC at 7. Note that IXP's can also use
any other space, eg from the company or something.
The above mentioned space should not be announced to any
other parties who are not directly connected to the IXP btw.
See the docs about the space for more details though.
Notez bien that it are only /48's and /64, only TLA's should
be announced unless you have some private commitment.
Also see http://www.space.net/~gert/RIPE/ipv6-filters.html
Greets,
Jeroen
Yes, many exchanges do that, and more add v6 support all the time.
As usual, the list is at...
http://www.pch.net/resources/data/exchange-points/
Updates and corrections solicited, as always.
-Bill
Hello Michael,
There is a policy in the ARIN region that allows IPv6 and IPv4
"micro-allocations" to exchange points. The policy is stated at:
http://www.arin.net/policy/2001_3.html
The list of IPv6 micro-allocations ARIN has made to date is
available at the following URL. These allocations are also
documented in ARIN WHOIS.
http://www.arin.net/registration/ipv6/micro_alloc.html
Best Regards,
Richard Jimmerson
Director of Operations
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Netnod is doing this at all our exchanges in Sweden and for all medias.
- kurtis -