[address-policy-wg] RIPE Access Policy Change Request to allow allocations to critical infrastructure
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Carlos Friacas
cfriacas at fccn.pt
Wed Jan 7 17:03:31 CET 2004
Hi, On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Andreas Bäß/Denic wrote: <snip> > Technical justification for this policy <snip> > Cons: > > 1. Accepting a number of IPv4/24 and IPv6/32 allocations for critical > network > infrastructures does not align with the traditional address conservation > efforts. With > anycasting it is very likely that only a few addresses from the entire > assignment would > be used. Conservation is not an issue regarding IPv6. IPv6 usage growth will also transform conservation of IPv4 in a non-issue. How many ccTLDs/gTLDs exist? Isnt this number easy to identify? > 2. RIPE document 233 dated from 24th May 2002 says: "Although it is > undesirable to > give special status to any IP (IPv4 or IPv6) address block, it was agreed > by the > community that the particular need defined in this document is the only > justifiable > exception to that general principle." It pretty much justifies it. <snip> I can also second gert's advice: focus on "anycast" to sharpen up the policies... Hope this can be done in 2004. Regards, ./Carlos -------------- IPv6 -> http://www.ip6.fccn.pt Wide Area Network Workgroup, CMF8-RIPE, CF596-ARIN FCCN - Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional http://www.fccn.pt "Internet is just routes (131586/456), naming (millions) and... people!"
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