[address-policy-wg] The final /8 policy proposals, part 3.2
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Sander Steffann
sander at steffann.nl
Mon Sep 14 21:50:21 CEST 2009
Hi Leo, > Just be aware that the number of years is likely to be quite small. > According to the statistics published on the RIPE NCC's FTP site, it > assigned more than 1,000 /24 prefixes last year. We are talking about PA prefixes here, and this pool is only meant for initial allocations (PA), not PI. > The same statistics indicate that about 3,700 prefixes of all > lengths were > assigned or allocated last year. I don't think we can assume that > demand for > IPv4 address space will reduce and I also think it is reasonable for > networks that would previously been happy with some PA space from > their ISP > to get space direct from the RIPE NCC if it is the only game in town. True. There might be organizations that become an LIR to get that initial /24 allocation. > I don't know how many years people want small blocks of IPv4 address > space > to be available for under a policy along these lines but I think if > it is > more than just one or two it probably needs to be designed in a way > that > takes account of historic demand and how people will react when other > avenues are cut off. Because this is just for initial allocations, I think 2 to 4 years is a reasonable timeframe. IPv4 will run out. This is only meant to make sure that new entrants have a few IPv4 addresses to work with. - Sander
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