[address-policy-wg] 2006-05 New Draft Document Published (PI Assignment Size)

I oppose that proposal, and for more than 1 reason...

- "...when routing is a major issue for the End User"

there is no definition of "major issue" and there is no indication
regarding which entity has to qualify or check this statement.

In effect this will open a path to a minimum /24 assignment per site,
and PI instead of PA.

- when the ISPs decide to NOT route some small address blocks then
trying to circumvent their configuration and intent by messing around
with address assignment policies is royally broken. If this is really
an operational problem then it needs a resolution on the routing plane.

- "...suggests to add an assignment criteria to make sure the PI space
is assigned to those networks that really need it. Multihoming seems"

I consider a policy proposal which uses words and phrases like "suggests to"
an "seems" to be broken.

- on a more general note, as long as the minimum assignemt size for customers
receiving PA is raised to /24, too, this proposal is a real incentive to go
for PI instead of PA.

Wilfried.