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

[Sascha Lenz slz@localhost]

Hi,

Gert Doering wrote:
> 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...

i'm with you and your arguments here.
Especially since the policies of the other RIRs are all different from
each other, and there's only a similiar proposal to harmonise it in one
of them.

> 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...

According to "b. Arguments Opposing the Proposal", the impact is minimal
 compared to other DFZ-bloating issues, but i don't have any numbers on
it myself.

Additionally, i still see no real reason to conserve IPv4 address space,
my inofficial point of view is: waste IPv4 addresses so we can go with
IPv6 :)

All in all, i don't support this proposal at the moment.

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