[address-policy-wg] FORMAL PROPOSAL: change of initial PA allocation size
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Jeff Williams
jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com
Tue Dec 23 22:02:03 CET 2003
Hans and all, You are mistaken Hans. It would benefit you and everyone here if you would track Apnic a little closer... Hans Petter Holen wrote: > Dear WG, > As I have seen no proposals to prolong this process, we have consensus on > this matter. > > Seasons Greetings, > Hans Petter Holen > Address Policy WG Chair > > |Dear WG, > |I would like to call for closure on this matter. As this has > |been presented and discussed at the last RIPE meeting and > |proposed to the list as a formal proposal I would like to > |declare consensus on this issue. > | > |There have been discussion on the mainlinglist with some > |critical comments that it is my understanding has been > |clearified. (This proposal does not affect the payment scedule > |or membership structure and it does not affecting the PI policy). > | > |With this I would normaly declare concensus but as no deadline > |was set for the discussion I propose a 1 week last call for > |objections to the process on this matter. If I receive > |objections I propose to set a I month comment period before > |calling for closure on this matter. > | > |Best Regards, > |Hans Petter Holen > |Address Policy WG Chair > | > ||-----Original Message----- > ||From: address-policy-wg-admin at ripe.net > ||[mailto:address-policy-wg-admin at ripe.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering > ||Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:31 PM > ||To: address-policy-wg at ripe.net > ||Subject: [address-policy-wg] FORMAL PROPOSAL: change of initial PA > ||allocation size > || > ||Hi, > || > ||this was discussed on the list before the last RIPE meeting, > |and we had > ||it on the address policy working group meeting (presented by me). > || > ||I think we mostly have consensus on this issue, but I want to present > ||it as a formal proposal, before it's incorporated into the policy. > || > || > ||PROPOSAL: > || > || * the minimum initial allocation size (for new LIRs) is reduced from > || a /20, as of today, to a /21. > || (If a new LIR can demonstrate need for a bigger initial > |allocation, > || they can get a larger address block. This will not be changed). > || > || * the requirement to show an immediate need for 25% of the allocated > || address space is removed for the "minimum initial allocation" > || > || > ||The motivation for that is that under the current policy, > ||startup LIRs that do not already hold address space cannot get > ||an initial PA allocation (which would be a /20 as of today, or > ||bigger), because in many cases, they cannot demonstrate > ||immediate need, or prior utilization of sufficient address space. > || > ||To work around this, many startup LIRs use PI address space as > ||a start, and when they have filled enough of this, apply for > ||their own PA again. > ||The problem with this is that in the end, it's very likely > ||that more than one route will end up in the global BGP table > ||(where one PA route would be sufficient), and also it > ||encourages lying to the RIRs (PI space must not be distributed > ||to third parties, i.e., LIR customers). > || > || > ||The drawback of the changes are that it's potentially wasting > ||address space for "very small LIRs" (that would be happy with > ||a /23 PI space and will now get a "huge" /21). The wastage > ||would only happen for very small LIRs that will never grow to > ||fill the initial /21. > ||A rough calculation shows that "1000 new LIR /21 allocations" > ||would need a /11, which is not an unbearable strain on the > ||conservation side, judging from the total number of LIRs in > ||RIPE land today. > || > ||A second drawback of this is that people may need to adapt > ||their BGP filters to permit /21s from the network block(s) > ||where these allocations are made from. So the RIPE NCC needs > ||to document this accordingly, and ideally, well in advance. > || > ||Gert Doering > || -- NetMaster > ||-- > ||Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: > ||57785 (56883) > || > ||SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster at Space.Net > ||Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 > ||80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299 > || > | Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!) "Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others" - Pierre Abelard "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com Contact Number: 214-244-4827 or 214-244-3801
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