[address-policy-wg] Policy proposal: #gamma IPv6 Initial Allocation Criteria
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Gert Doering
gert at space.net
Mon Apr 4 18:43:23 CEST 2005
Hi, On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 12:26:08PM -0400, Thomas Narten wrote: > > > Looks like every enterprise out there would also get a /32. > > If they are willing to undergo the necessary paperwork, and pay the > > yearly fees, yes. > > And how does this scale going forward? I.e., when folk figure out that > all they have to do to get their very own PI address space is join > RIPE and pay the fee? Yes. This is how it works with IPv4 PA blocks right now (in RIPE land) - and *these* blocks are *not* what's filling the routing tables with 150k routes, given that we have only a few thousand RIPE members. > > If you're worried about a landslide: let's put an (arbitrary) safety > > margin in there "only 5000 prefixes are handed out, then we stop and > > re-evaluate policy". > > So, we repeat the IPv4 experience where the early birds get a precious > resource, while the late arrivers have to play under changed rules > (that they view as being unfair)? > > I thought one of the goals with IPv6 address policy was _NOT_ to > repeat the mistakes of the past. The only way to avoid *all* mistakes is to avoid giving anybody address space at all. There is no way to come up with a policy that decides today who is "worthy" that will not be challenged by someone else in 10 years. Or next week. Personally, I'd go for a handful of mistakes (and I'm willing to put enough RAM in my routers to handle 10.000 entries in the IPv6 BGP tables) if that means "we'll start making progress" - because if IPv6 isn't going to take up soon, it's dead. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 71007 (66629) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster at Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 D- 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-234
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