Re: ripe-104++
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 21:27:25 -0600 (CST)
There is an increasing number of entities requiring
very small address space, I.E.
- One address for a router
- One address for a Web-Server
- One address for a firewall
- up to 5 additional addresses for "other purposes".
In such cases, they will be allocated 8 or 16 addresses,
( netmask 240 or 248 ).
Requesting written "Additional information" or justification ,
from the customer for a first allocation of 16 PA address space,
make us (LIR) a bit ridiculous, and is overloading.
A telephone conversation like:
LIR - Helo Mr Joe,
Joe - Helo NetProvider
LIR - I understand that you are connecting to our services,
and would like to setup addresses for You, what do you plan
to connect to the Internet ?
Joe - Oh, I'll be running a web site for our skate-boards factory.
LIR - And, are you going to connect other computers to the net ?
Joe - not now, maybe next year I'll setup a mail gateway to
our novell mail system.
LIR - Anything else in mind for the next two years ?
Joe - no, the administration don't want our internal network
connected to the internet for security reasons.
LIR - Do you understand that I will allocate you 6 addresses,
and that if you change your mind, and need more, you will
have to change the addresses of those 6 hosts ?
Joe - Yes, but actualy it's only the web ... it's okay !
LIR - Is your company connected or connecting the Internet
somewhere else ?
Joe - no, we don't have offices anywhere else.
LIR - Thanks.
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Such a convertation is more realistic and saving more address
space than sending the requested-info form.
-If Joe had filled the form, he would have probably asked for
more than 8 addresses.
-For Joe to fill the form, LIR should have:
- Faxed explanation documents in addition to the person
template.
- spent a lot of time explaining what are the fields.
It seems reasonable to me that if a request meet the following:
1) FIRST - First address allocation for this entity
2) PA - Provider Agregate
3) Less or equal to 8 (or 16 ?) ip addresses limit.
4) Connecting to the internet immediatly.
The address space will be allocated without getting &
filling a deployment plan and justification.
Does it make sense ? can it be accepted formally ?
(I understand that it is not the current policy).
\Alain.
