Re: getting IPv6 space without ARIN (Re: PAT )

[Sean Doran]

Itojun -

| First of all, do not cook up IPv6 prefix on your own.  You cannot pick
| random prefix number, that can jeopadize the whole point of experiment.

Could you expand on that please?  So far, I see from Matt Crawford a single
reason (IP6.INT coordination), and that at least should be in the
draft, but I personally would be interested in what the objections
to a random selection of a global address really are.   An aesthetic
argument is fine, as long as it's an explanation of how it "jeapordizes
the whole point of experiment".

> If it is possible, try to contact nearest upstream 6bone site, or
> upstream ISP, to give you an IPv6 prefix

How does one evaluate the nearness of a 6bone site or ISP, so that
one can determine which is nearest?   What if the nearest is uncooperative?

        Sean.