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Carlos Friacas
cfriacas at fccn.pt
Mon Jun 14 10:53:35 CEST 2004
Inline... my views. On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Laura Cobley wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > We have received many comments that the text of the current IPv6 > Allocation and Assignment Policy document can be difficult to read and > understand. Some of these difficulties were presented at RIPE 48 by Leo > Vegoda: > > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-48/presentations/ripe48-ap-ipv6-policy.pdf > > During the following discussions, the RIPE NCC was asked to co-ordinate > work on clarifying the text. Please note that we do not intend to > propose any policy changes. > > In order to assist with rewriting the IPv6 Policy document, we would > like to have some input from the community on the issues needing > clarification. We will send each issue for discussion in a separate > mail. > > This is the first of these mails. > > > Below is an excerpt from the IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment > Policy: > > 5.1.1. Initial allocation criteria "d)" > > "To qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an > organisation must [...] have a plan for making at least 200 /48 > assignments to other organisations within two years." > > > 1. According to this criterion, LIRs who are operators planning to only > make /64 assignments appear not to qualify. Was this the community's > intention? If focus on *only*, "Yes". Otherwise i would say "No". > 2. There are a number of interpretations of requirement "d)": > > > - NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS > > -- The LIR has to have a plan to make at least 200 separate /48 > assignments. Possible scenario: LIR must make 200 assignments > and the size of each must be a /48. > > -- The LIR has to have a plan to make at least the equivalent of > 200 /48 assignments. Possible scenario: LIR can assign one > /41 and seventy-two /48s. I would go with this one. Focus on address space being "handed out", not on the # of different customers. > Which interpretation was intended regarding the number of > assignments? > > > - RECIPIENT OF ASSIGNMENTS > > -- The LIR has to have a plan to make these 200 assignments to > 200 separate organisations (regardless of which > organisation). Possible scenario: LIR can make 1 assignment > to its own organisation and 199 assignments to 199 > "different" organisations. This should be valid. > -- The LIR has to have a plan to make these 200 assignments to > 200 separate organisations outside of its own infrastructure. > Possible scenario: LIR must make 200 assignments to 200 > "different" organisations. Assignments to its own > organisation will not be counted. Own assignments should count. At a latter point in time projects/other might shift administrative control... > -- The LIR has to have a plan to make these assignments to 200 > separate networks (regardless of which organisation these > networks belong to). Possible scenario: LIR makes 200 > assignments to 200 networks. 100 can be for its own > infrastructure and 100 can be for another single > organisation. Should be valid. Some LIRs in fact manage a lot of projects, lot of networks, etc... > -- The LIR has to have a plan to make these assignments to 200 > separate networks outside of its own infrastructure. Possible > scenario: LIR makes 200 assignments to 200 networks "outside > of its own infrastructure". Too much conservative -- also a good way to stop/slow down IPv6. :-( > Which interpretation was intended regarding the recipient of > assignments? > > We look forward to receiving the community's input on this. > > Best Regards, > > Laura Cobley > Registration Services > RIPE NCC Regards, ./Carlos -------------- IPv6 -> http://www.ip6.fccn.pt Wide Area Network Workgroup, CMF8-RIPE, CF596-ARIN FCCN - Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional http://www.fccn.pt "Internet is just routes (135072/470), naming (millions) and... people!"
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