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2005-1: Provider Independent IPv6 Assignments for End-sites

Start here for the proposal-by-proposal record: what changed, why it mattered, who argued for what, how positions evolved, what was decided, and where the evidence still has gaps.

Source facts

Policy ID
ARIN-2005-1
RIR
ARIN
Official status
Adopted
Normalized status
Accepted
Introduced
Feb 15, 2005
Last source update
Oct 14, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

24Total participants
24Discussion contributors
UnknownFormal actors
56Discussion messages
13.5Effective participants
53.6%Top-five discussion share
5People covering 50%
13People covering 80%

Policy evolution

926b06d18aec42cb2407fd160eabdcb768259f9b082c2b60093c61d36c3deb2f
Accepted · Adopted
Unknown
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Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    Accepted

    Accepted · Adopted

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  2. Public discussion

    [ppml] Provider Independence???

    4 Discussion messages · 4 Entities

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  3. Introduced

    Introduced

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  4. Public discussion

    [ppml] Proposed Policy: IPv6 Direct assignments to end sites

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  5. Public discussion

    [ppml] 2005-1 or its logical successor

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

    Source facts 1 ↗Source facts 2 ↗

  6. Public discussion

    [ppml] 2005-1 status

    3 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  7. Public discussion

    [ppml] Fw: IRS goes IPv6!

    3 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  8. Public discussion

    [ppml] "Recommended Practices" procedure

    2 Discussion messages · 2 Entities

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  9. Public discussion

    [ppml] Policy Proposal 2005-1: Provider-independent IPv6

    19 Discussion messages · 9 Entities

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Entities

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  1. Stephen Sprunk
    Discussion messages7
    First activityApr 30, 2005
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies9
  2. Marshall Eubanks
    Discussion messages7
    First activityAug 30, 2005
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes1
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies2
  3. Michael Dillon
    Discussion messages7
    First activityNov 10, 2005
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes1
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies4
  4. Owen DeLong
    Discussion messages5
    First activityDec 8, 2004
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport with changes
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes1
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies17
  5. Kevin Loch
    Discussion messages4
    First activityAug 30, 2005
    Last activityApr 27, 2006
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stancePropose alternative
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies4
  6. Jason Schiller
    Discussion messages3
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stancePropose alternative
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies1
  7. Vince Fuller
    Discussion messages3
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stanceOppose
    Latest explicit stanceOppose
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies2
  8. Scott Leibrand
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 24, 2006
    Last activityApr 18, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1
  9. Michel Py · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies3
  10. Unknown · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityJan 8, 2003
    Last activityDec 9, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies13
  11. Peter Sherbin
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 27, 2006
    First explicit stancePropose alternative
    Latest explicit stancePropose alternative
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1
  12. Jeroen Massar
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 27, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies1
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    Last research attempt: Oct 13, 2026

    Identity verified: Oct 13, 2026

    SixXS · Historical
    Before the sunset of the project, Jeroen led the SixXS Tunnel Broker & IPv6 Deployment project
    jeroen.massar.ch

    Verified public profiles

    Discussion messages
    1
    First activity
    Apr 27, 2006
    Last activity
    Apr 27, 2006
    First explicit stance
    Support
    Latest explicit stance
    Support
    Stance changes
    0
    Viewpoint consistency
    No validated consistency assessment
    Other policies
    1

    First explicit stance: Support → Latest explicit stance: Support · Stance changes: 0

    Viewpoint consistency: No validated consistency assessment

    1. Apr 27, 2006 · Support

      [ppml] Policy Proposal 2005-1: Provider-independent IPv6

      Indeed. A possible solution like shim6 might take still quite a number … of years to be developped and deployed, but the current solution … "injecting those PI spaces into the global routing table" can scale most … likely for the time being. … One thing that especially large ISP/Transits's (I saw something like … Sprint/MCI/Verizon 'voting against PI) seem to be confusing about is … that there is a difference between "address space" and "routing … entries". "PI" does not mean that it will end up in the DFZ, it will … most likely, but it might not. A company can decide to internally use … the PI space, so that they have globally unique address space, but when … accessing services on the internet they might proxy (or NAT or shim6) … this address space and thus effectively connect from the address space … their upstream provider provids them. For the coming years though indeed … most PI blocks will pop up in the DFZ. But what is the issue there? If … you are a large transit, you simply let your client PAY for announcing … that prefix into the DFZ. No pay? -> No route. That is if you really are … that scared that your hardware can't handle it, and if it can't, … something I said to a certain "Large Tier 1 Transit" before: UPGRADE! … (and when the economics don't work out for you, you might want to start … rethinking if you are in the wrong business or not ;)

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    Per-policy stance timelines:ARIN-2005-1 · Support · No validated consistency assessmentARIN-2005-9 · Unknown · No explicit position stated

    Total policy messages: 2

  13. John M. Brown · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 9, 2003
    Last activityJan 9, 2003
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies3
  14. McBurnett, Jim · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 8, 2003
    Last activityJan 8, 2003
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies5
  15. Tony Hain · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityNov 2, 2005
    Last activityNov 2, 2005
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0
  16. marcelo bagnulo braun · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityDec 8, 2004
    Last activityDec 8, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies2
  17. Christopher Morrow
    Discussion messages1
    First activityFeb 21, 2006
    Last activityFeb 21, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies2
  18. Marla Azinger
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 28, 2006
    Last activityApr 28, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies7
  19. Matthew Petach
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 26, 2006
    Last activityApr 26, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies1
  20. Geoff Huston
    Discussion messages1
    First activityDec 8, 2004
    Last activityDec 8, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies4
  21. Bill Van Emburg · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 6, 2006
    Last activityApr 6, 2006
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies2
  22. Pekka Savola · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 25, 2006
    Last activityApr 25, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies0
  23. Tony Li
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 27, 2006
    Last activityApr 27, 2006
    First explicit stanceOppose
    Latest explicit stanceOppose
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo validated consistency assessment
    Other policies0
  24. Lee Howard
    Discussion messages1
    First activityApr 26, 2006
    Last activityApr 26, 2006
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies8

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