Re: IPv6 Unique Local Addresses

[Matthew Kaufman <matthew () matthew at>]

Section 3 of https://tunnelbroker.net/tos.php

It isn't "free". It may be included with a service that is currently
available for free, but they aren't providing free address space for an
unlimited period.

Matthew Kaufman

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 12:45 PM Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:

> Space from tunnel brokers is also free.
>
> Owen
>
> On Mar 2, 2018, at 12:40 PM, Matthew Kaufman <matthew () matthew at> wrote:
>
> Exactly what Matt Harris says here... ULA is free. Space obtained from
> ARIN is not. You want to discourage someone from doing the right thing,
> charge a lot for that.
>
> Matthew Kaufman
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 11:30 AM Matt Harris <matt () netfire net> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> >
> > > I doubt anyone is taking it away, pointless and useless as it is.
> > >
> > > Owen
> >
> > I'm not sure I'd say it's pointless and useless.  It's free, which gives
> > it
> > at least some point/use case, versus IPv6 space obtained from an RIR
> > where,
> > at least in ARIN's case, you have fees associated with that.  I'm lucky
> > enough to have a /32 from ARIN for the networks I work on, so we're not
> > stretched for space or worried about deploying ULA.  For a small
> > organization where even a /48 would be a luxury, and with no good native
> > IPv6 carriers available locally (still plenty of places like that),
> > deploying IPv6 on ULA space may be the stepping stone they need until
> > other
> > options become open to them.