DRAFT: policy to allow smaller initial allocations (was: Re: [address-policy-wg] RE: Complaint: Overly complicated when requesting PI space)

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:19:26AM +0200, Remco van Mook wrote:
> So here goes. This is what I think that policy should look like. Any
> comments before I formally submit it?

Do we *really* need this?

The network that started this topic ("we have 10 locations that need a
/24 each") is not your typical *LIR* in the first place, and might really
be better suited with PI /24s - as that's what they are doing: connecting
"independent locations" to the Internet.  They are not doing LIR business.

A *LIR* needs a reasonable amount of address space, so I really fail to
see why someone would want a /24 PA instead of a /24 PI... (which costs
less, and has the same impact on the routing table).


Operationally, the "/24 PA" would come from the same blocks as /24 PI
anyway (minimum allocation size, etc.)...


If you're convinced that this really is a good thing, by all means go
ahead (and I won't oppose), I'm just afraid that this is a waste of 
"policy making brain power", solving a not really existing problem...

Gert Doering
        -- APWG chair
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