[address-policy-wg] Policy for allocation of IPv6 address space from IANA to RIRs
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Gert Doering
gert at space.net
Wed Aug 11 16:32:14 CEST 2004
Hi, On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 04:01:32PM +0200, Nils Ketelsen wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:37:57PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: > > > > I see absolutely no need in assigning gigantic netblocks (like /8s) to the > > > RIRs. The few RIRs now do not at all mean, that there will be only few in 20 > > > years. Then we might have NIRs (N=National). In that case we already need > > > around 150 /8s? Or we might have PIRs (P=planetary)? Or we have something > > > that does not end in IR at all? > > > > Nothing in the proposed policy document prevents this. > > Sorry, I misunderstood you then. I thought you were proposing to assign a /8 > to the RIR directly from start on. I actually like the idea of making the > assignments for the current RIRs far apart from each other allowing their > block to grow or to assign the space in between to other organizations > should it move in this direction. OK, so we are actually agreeing here :-) - I like the proposal as it is (with a /12 for a start). The /8 came up because that would be something I'd like *more* - but I am aware that there is no consensus for that, so the whole discussion is sort of moot. [..] > So if the ripe can show a need for a /12 in the next 3 years give them one. > If they can not, make it a /16 or a /20 or whatever the ripe will need. Same > goes for the other RIRs. Having *plenty* of space at the RIR level is useful, because it means "the RIR can leave lots of spare space between LIR allocations", so LIRs can grow without needing to get a new address block. There is no benefit in reducing a RIR to a /16 or /20 - there are really enough /12s out there (even if you assume 150 NIRs plus a PIR). Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 65398 (60210) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster at Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299
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