[address-policy-wg] Re: DRAFT: policy to allow smaller initial allocations

I beleive the discussion that also started this was due to RIPE being 
very strict and overly complicated (in my opinion) about PI assignments. 
(even the first /24+AS)
RIPE suggests a lot of: 'Customer should become LIR himself', even if he 
doesn't need the /21 in the forseeable future.

I think your definition of a LIR is something else then RIPE defines it as.

Nevertheless, I do agree with your definition of a LIR and I'd rather 
see the PI assignments being handled in < /21 allocations, and most 
definately in another (easier, less time consuming) way when a LIR 
requests one on behalf of a customer.


Gert Doering wrote:
> 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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