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A comment on IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances. Parent comment

Re:IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances by nobody9999 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @07:32AM (#29329335)
>It is just a matter of getting an inet6 prefix from your RIR/LIR, and configuring it in your network

Which is easier said than done. Since my ISP won't provide me with IPv6, requesting a block from my RIR is my only option.

However, I don't meet the requirements[0] for getting a block directly from an RIR (in my case, ARIN).

In fact, unless you have a fairly large internet-facing presence, RIR's won't even give you the time of day:

   Have an IPv4 assignment from ARIN or one of its 
   predecessors
   Intend to immediately be IPv6 multi-homed
   Have 13 end sites (offices, data centers, etc.) 
   within one year
   Use 2,000 IPv6 addresses within one year
   Use 200 /64 subnets within one year
[0] https://www.arin.net/resources/guide/ipv6/first_request/#end...

Edit: Note that the requirements listed above are for end users not service providers.

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Re:IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances by xxpor on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @12:36PM (#29332658)
Hard to blame ARIN there, They have about 70 people working for them, they're not scaled to deal with every tom dick and harry coming to them for assignments.
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Re:IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances by nobody9999 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @07:55PM (#29337093)
>Hard to blame ARIN there

I wasn't blaming anyone. If that's the impression I gave, then I communicated poorly.

Just expressing my frustration WRT the inability to get an IPv6 block for myself.

It shouldn't be this hard.

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Re:IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances by kazen44 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @03:50PM (#29334986)
which is why the LIR's exist.

you can get provider independant IP space from a LIR.

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Re:IPv6-only subnets and EC2 instances by nobody9999 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @08:01PM (#29337125)
>which is why the LIR's exist.

>you can get provider independant IP space from a LIR.

My understanding was that it was primarily ISPs that filled the role of LIRs. Is that incorrect?

If so, how can I find an LIR in my area?

Edit: I should have added that I've looked around, but AFAICT, the only "provider independent" group handing out IP addresses in my area is ARIN. I may be missing something obvious, but I don't think my google-fu is so bad that I can't find it, if it does indeed exist.

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