Re: [address-policy-wg] 2006-06 New Policy Proposal (IPv4 Maximum Allocation Period)

[Gert Doering gert@localhost]

HI,

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 10:15:14AM +0200, Filiz Yilmaz wrote:
> This proposal is to have the RIPE NCC allocate address space to
> Local Internet Registries (LIRs) based on their one-year needs. In
> other words, it suggests setting a maximum allocation period of 12
> months.

I agree with Jeroen - the subject is a bit misleading, and the wording
of the summary could also be a bit more clearer.

Regarding the proposal itself, playing the devil's advocate, I'm not
sure why we want that - "the other registries are changing their 
policies so their members have a disadvantage now -- let's make life
more difficult for our members as well?".  Global harmonization is
nice, but as the *main* argument for a change that's reducing people's
freedom in planning, I'm always a bit sceptical...


To better judge the impact on address fragmentation (and speaking
from a LIR's perspective, having too many different allocations *is*
a nuisance - think "reverse DNS", "routing announcements", etc), I'd
like to see some numbers what impact in terms of "how many LIRs would
have received multiple blocks instead of a single contiguous block?"
if the allocation time frame would have changed to "1 year" something
like 5 years ago...

Gert Doering
        -- speaking as LIR, not as APWG co-chair
-- 
Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations:  98999

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