[address-policy-wg] Policy proposal: #gamma IPv6 Initial Allocation Criteria
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marcelo bagnulo braun
marcelo at it.uc3m.es
Mon Apr 4 14:13:20 CEST 2005
Hi, El 04/04/2005, a las 6:57, Hans Petter Holen escribió: > Dear all, > Please find enclosed a policy proposal from Andy Furnell. > My proposal is to enter this proposal into the Discussion Phase with a > time line of 4 weeks ending on May 9the allowing the discusssion to > continue over the RIPE meeting. > > > 1. Number #gamma > 2. Policy Proposal Name: IPv6 Initial Allocation Criteria > 3. Author > a. name: Andy Furnell > b. e-mail: andy at linx.net > c. telephone: +44 (0) 20 7645 3519 > d. organisation: London Internet Exchange (LINX) > 4. Proposal Version: 1 > 5. Submission Date: 4/4-2005 > 6. Suggested WG for discussion and publication: Address Policy WG 7. > Proposal type: modify > a. new, modify, or delete > 8. Policy term: renewable > a. temporary, permanent, or renewable. > 9. Summary of proposal: > The proposal is to change the IPv6 Initial Allocation criteria > outlined in the "IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy" > (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv6policy.html). The proposed > change is to remove "have a plan for making at least 200 /48 > assignments to other organisations within two years" and to > remove the reference to "/48s" as the assignment size. > > 10. Policy text > a. Current (if modify): > > 5.1.1. Initial allocation criteria > > To qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an > organisation must: > > a) be an LIR; > > b) not be an End Site; > > c) plan to provide IPv6 connectivity to organisations to which > it will assign /48s by advertising that connectivity through its > single aggregated address allocation; and > > d) have a plan for making at least 200 /48 assignments to other > organisations within two years. > > b. New: > > 5.1.1. Initial allocation criteria > > To qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an > organisation must: > a) be an LIR; > > b) not be an End Site; > > c) plan to provide IPv6 connectivity to organisations and > customers to which it will make assignments by advertising that > connectivity through its single aggregated address allocation. > > I guess that it may make sense to define a time frame here... i mean, an organization planning to provide IPv6 connectivity in 20 years would qualify here? Regards, marcelo > 11. Rationale: > a. Arguments supporting the proposal > Many LIRs' networks do not have 200 customers to make assignments > to but still maintain autonomous network and addressing policies. > These require address space that is both aggregatable and independent > from that of their peers. In addition, a /48 assignment is not > always appropriate; ISPs might have different plans for the size of > the assignments they will make and the policy should not stand as > an obstacle for them. Such a change in the policy will also make > IPv6 allocations more accessible and could result in the acceleration > of IPv6 development. b. Arguments opposing the proposal With > such a change in the policy, every LIR operating an autonomous > network would be able to receive an IPv6 allocation. The worst > case scenario would be a number of allocations equal to the number of > LIRs in the RIPE region. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >
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