Initial IPv6 Sub-TLA ID Assignments
draft-ietf-ipngwg-iana-tla-03

INTERNET-DRAFT                                        R. Hinden, Nokia
January 13, 2000                                     S. Deering, Cisco
                                                         R. Fink, LBNL
                                                    T. Hain, Microsoft

                  Initial IPv6 Sub-TLA ID Assignments

                  <draft-ietf-ipngwg-iana-tla-03.txt>

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1.0 Introduction

   This document defines initial assignments of IPv6 Sub-TLA Aggregation
   Identifiers (Sub-TLA ID) to the Address Registries.  It is intended
   as technical input to the IANA from the IETF IP Next Generation
   (IPNG) and Next Generation Transition (NGTRANS) working groups, as an
   input to the process of developing guidelines for the allocation of
   IPv6 addresses.

   The IAB and IESG have authorized the Internet Assigned Numbers
   Authority (IANA) as the appropriate entity to have the responsibility

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   for the management of the IPv6 address space as defined in [ALLOC].

   The proposed initial assignment described in the document is
   consistent with:

      - RFC 2373,"IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture" [ARCH]
      - RFC 2374 "An Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format" [AGGR]
      - RFC 2450 "Proposed TLA and NLA Assignment Rules" [TLA-RULES]

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119].

2.0 Background

   [TLA-RULES] specifies that TLA assignments will be done in two
   stages.  The first stage is to allocate a Sub-TLA ID.  This document
   specifies the initial assignments of Sub-TLA ID's to the Registries.

   As defined in [TLA-RULES] Section 5.1:

     "Sub-TLA ID's are assigned out of TLA ID 0x0001 as follows.  Note
      that use of the Reserved field to create the Sub-TLA field is
      specific to TLA ID 0x0001.  It does not affect any other TLA.

         | 3  |    13    |    13   |       19      |
         +----+----------+---------+---------------+
         | FP |   TLA    | Sub-TLA |       NLA     |
         |    |   ID     |         |       ID      |
         +----+----------+---------+---------------+

      where:

       FP = 001 = Format Prefix

          This is the Format Prefix used to identify aggregatable global
          unicast addresses.

       TLA ID = 0x0001 = Top-Level Aggregation Identifier

          This is the TLA ID assigned by the IANA for Sub-TLA
          allocation.

       Sub-TLA ID = Sub-TLA Aggregation Identifier

          The Sub-TLA ID field is used by the registries for initial
          allocations to organizations meeting the requirements in

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          Section 5.2 of this document.  The IANA will assign small
          blocks (e.g., few hundred) of Sub-TLA ID's to registries.  The
          registries will assign the Sub-TLA ID's to organizations
          meeting the requirements specified in Section 5.2.  When the
          registries have assigned all of their Sub-TLA ID's they can
          request that the IANA give them another block.  The blocks do
          not have to be contiguous.  The IANA may also assign Sub-TLA
          ID's to organizations directly.  This includes the temporary
          TLA assignment for testing and experimental usage for
          activities such as the 6bone or new approaches like exchanges.

       NLA ID = Next-Level Aggregation Identifier

          Next-Level Aggregation ID's are used by organizations assigned
          a TLA ID to create an addressing hierarchy and to identify
          sites.  The organization can assign the top part of the NLA ID
          in a manner to create an addressing hierarchy appropriate to
          its network."

   Note: In the above quote from [TLA-RULES] the references to "Section
   5.2" refer to section 5.2 in [TLA-RULES].

3.0 Initial Assignments

   As specified in [TLA-RULES], Sub-TLA ID assignments are made in
   blocks.  The initial Sub-TLA ID assignments to IP address registries
   are in blocks of 64 Sub-TLA IDs.  These assignments are listed below.

     Binary Value      IPv6 Prefix Range                 Assignment
     ----------------  -------------------------------   -------------------

     0000 000X XXXX X  2001:0000::/29 - 2001:01F8::/29   IANA
     0000 001X XXXX X  2001:0200::/29 - 2001:03F8::/29   APNIC
     0000 010X XXXX X  2001:0400::/29 - 2001:05F8::/29   ARIN
     0000 011X XXXX X  2001:0600::/29 - 2001:07F8::/29   RIPE NCC
     0000 100X XXXX X  2001:0800::/29 - 2001:09F8::/29   (future assignment)
     0000 101X XXXX X  2001:0A00::/29 - 2001:0BF8::/29   (future assignment)
     0000 110X XXXX X  2001:0C00::/29 - 2001:0DF8::/29   (future assignment)
     0000 111X XXXX X  2001:0E00::/29 - 2001:0FF8::/29   (future assignment)
     0001 000X XXXX X  2001:1000::/29 - 2001:11F8::/29   (future assignment)
       .   .    .
       .   .    .
       .   .    .
     1111 111X XXXX X  2001:FE00::/29 - 2001:FFF8::/29   (future assignment)

     Where "X" indicates "0" or "1".

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   All other Sub-TLA ID values not listed above are reserved.

   When a registry has assigned all of the Sub-TLA IDs in their block
   they can request that the IANA provide another block.  The blocks
   assigned to a registry do not have to be contiguous.

   The block of Sub-TLA IDs assigned to the IANA (i.e., 2001:0000::/29 -
   2001:01F8::/29) is for assignment for testing and experimental usage
   to support activities such as the 6bone, and for new approaches like
   exchanges.

4.0 Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to express their thanks to Joyce Reynolds,
   Thomas Narten, Kim Hubbard, Mirjam Kuehne, and Brian Carpenter for
   their help with this document.

5.0 Security Considerations

   IPv6 addressing documents do not have any direct impact on Internet
   infrastructure security.  Authentication of IPv6 packets is defined
   in [AUTH].  Authentication of the ownership of prefixes to avoid
   "prefix stealing" is a related security issue but is beyond the scope
   of this document.

6.0 References

   [AGGR]      Hinden, R., Deering, S., O'Dell, M., "An Aggregatable
               Global Unicast Address Format", RFC2374, July 1998.

   [ALLOC]     IAB and IESG, "IPv6 Address Allocation Management",
               RFC1881, December 1995.

   [ARCH]      Hinden, R., "IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture",
               RFC2373, July 1998.

   [AUTH]      Kent, S., R. Atkinson, "IP Authentication Header",
               RFC2402, November 1998.

   [IPV6]      Deering, S., R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
               (IPv6) Specification", RFC2460, December 1998.

   [RFC2119]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
               Requirement Levels", RFC2119, BCP14, March 1997.

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   [RFC2026]   Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
               3", RFC2026, BCP00009, October 1996.

   [TLA-RULES] Hinden, R., "Proposed TLA and NLA Assignment Rules",
               RFC2450, December 1998.

   [TST-ALLOC] Hinden, R., R. Fink, J. Postel, "IPv6 Testing Address
               Allocation", RFC2471, December 1998.

7.0 Authors' Addresses

   Robert M. Hinden                     phone: +1 650 625-2004
   Nokia                                email: hinden@iprg.nokia.com
   313 Fairchild Drive
   Mountain View, CA 94043
   USA

   Stephen E. Deering                   phone: +1 408 527-8213
   Cisco Systems, Inc.                  email: deering@cisco.com
   170 West Tasman Drive
   San Jose, CA 95134-1706
   USA

   Robert L. Fink                       phone: +1 510 486-5692
   Lawrence Berkeley National Lab       email: rlfink@lbl.gov
   1 Cyclotron Rd.
   Bldg 50A, Room 3111
   Berkeley, CA 94720
   USA

   Tony Hain                            phone: +1 425 703-6619
   Microsoft                            email: tonyhain@microsoft.com

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