[c-nsp] IPv6 Prefix inbound filter

[arulgobinath emmanuel]

I thought the memory requirement might high but the total memory for /48
range routes and couple of static routes  [show memory summary | inc IPv6]
summing up only around ~4mb

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Justin M. Streiner
<streiner at cluebyfour.org>wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, arulgobinath emmanuel wrote:
>
>  what is the current  industry practices in IPv6 inbound prefix filter is
>> it
>> /32 or /48 ? or it depends on the global IPv6 prefix growth vs memory ?
>>
>
> As always, your experience may vary, but it seems like many operators are
> starting to settle on /48 as the cutoff point.  This seems reasonable to me,
> since some of the RIRs are also settling on /48 as the smallest prefix they
> will allocate.  That said, there are some people who don't filter (much), so
> it's not unusual to see smaller prefixes show up in the global v6 view.
>
> jms
>
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