Re: proposal for RIPE's IPv6-address space structure

[JOIN Project Team <]

Hi Pedro,


> >>>>> "JOIN" == JOIN Project Team join@localhost writes:
> 
> 
>     JOIN> PRID (Provider Region ID) 7 bit corresponds to 128
>     JOIN> IDs. These are mainly reserved for the countries of the
>     JOIN> 'natural', ie. European, RIPE-Region (A5).  Non-European
>     JOIN> domains supported by RIPE get their own prefix (FP+RegID) in
>     JOIN> order to support a dedicated authority for these regions in
>     JOIN> the future.
> 
>     JOIN> We should mention that we have discussed the possibility to
>     JOIN> subdivide the RIPE address space in such a way that the
>     JOIN> length of the Country-ID depends on the size (population) of
>     JOIN> that country. In such a scheme big countries could get a 5
>     JOIN> or 6 bit long Country-ID (instead of 7 bit), resulting in a
>     JOIN> larger address space for those countries.
> 
> Could you clarify a bit the Region ID field ...
> i.e. is there supposed to be a region id per country ?

Yes, so it is. But with less than 60 countries within the European
RIPE region many PRIDs will remain which may be used for pan-european
organizations and other things.

> what about pan-european organizations (E-bone, EUnet, Dante and so on) ?
> Do they get the region of the country where their head-quarters is or
> a special "all-europe region" ?
 
See above.

> Do you intend to have address assignment made "provider based" or
> "geographically based" ?

We intend to have address assignment "provider based".

> i.e. where would EUnet PT get his prefix, for instance ? from the
> "europe-wide" or "Holland" region or from "portuguese" region ?

This depends on whether EUnet PT regards itself as part of a
pan-european EUnet provider or as independent Portuguese service
provider.

> 
> Note that this is not criticism to the idea... i just think these points
> could/should be addresses more clearly in the document.

I hope, our points got clear.

> 
> regards,
>   Pedro.
> 
> 

Regards,
Guido