[address-policy-wg] Policy proposal 2009-01

In my opinion it would be easy to get a global policy passed that enabled
IANA to give out smaller blocks.   It's the rest of the policy viewed as
regional at least by folks in the ARIN region that is causing problems.

----Cathy

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Nigel Titley <nigel at titley.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 11:18 -0600, cja at daydream.com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Nigel would you not consider directly returning 4 entire /8s back to
> > IANA not significant?   Since there is no policy currently by which
>
> 4 /8s is indeed nice. And my original compliment to ARIN still stands.
>
> >  IANA can hand out anything less than a /8 it seems that returning
> > smaller blocks to IANA so they can be stuck there might not be such a
> > great idea?   How about a global policy directing IANA how to hand out
> > smaller blocks to the RIRs might be in order?
>
> Well, that of course is what 2009-01 provided.
> >
> >
> > That policy is here
> > http://www.icann.org/en/general/allocation-IPv4-rirs.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Allocation Principles
> >
> >       * The IANA will allocate IPv4 address space to the RIRs in /8
> >         units.
> >       * The IANA will allocate sufficient IPv4 address space to the
> >         RIRs to support their registration needs for at least an 18
> >         month period.
> >       * The IANA will allow for the RIRs to apply their own respective
> >         chosen allocation and reservation strategies in order to
> >         ensure the efficiency and efficacy of their work.
>
> And this policy is going to be completely ineffective once IANA has less
> than a /8 in store... which is next year, remember. One of the goals of
> 2009-01 was to provide a means for IANA to accept and allocate smaller
> than /8s.
>
> But I re-iterate. I'm only trying to sort out the washup of 2009-01. It
> isn't ever likely to be a global policy now.
>
> All the best
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
>
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