[address-policy-wg] 2010-01 New Draft Document Published (Temporary Internet Number Assignment Policies)

On 9 aug 2010, at 16:08, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi APWG folks,
> 
> since *no* comments were received on the revised 2010-01 document
> announced by Emilio some 6 weeks ago, we can't move forward with this
> ("silence is consent" is valid in Last Call, but not in the discussion
> and review phases).
> 
> Please read the document and tell us whether you want to see this
> become policy or not.
> 
> We'll prolong the review period by 4 more weeks, to give you time
> to read & comment this.


With no hats other than that of a concerned citizen who happened to be involved in conference assignments in the past. I in general agree with this proposal. However I have some concerns regarding the actual content and limitations set in this proposal.

I think 7 days beyond the length of a conference is too short, it usually takes a while to get things properly routed and being able to announce the prefix while you go that process I think is mandatory to be able to debug. I would set this to a month minimum, maybe with a note that after the conference a maximum of 7 days is allowed for cleanup.

Second concern is cool off or quarantine of previously used space, you probably want some time in between assignments of these resources just in case. For some situations there might even be privacy concerns with this as a block which was recently used for some experiment all of a sudden starts to carry real data from real people visiting a conference.

Question for the proposer(s) what about polution, using the same space for experiments as well as  conferences in any shape and size might have impact on the reputation of such blocks.

I also think that maybe (RIS ?) we should announce a proper last resort when these blocks are not in use, otherwise they are likely to become an easy target for hijacking and this will further damage the usuability of these blocks in the long run.

Oh and how should the NCC handle when there are more requests as resources ? This is after all a fiinite pool, if we make it first come first serrve, the draft text should mention somehting. If we can decide on a preference it shouls also be included in the text.

Groet,

MarcoH