[address-policy-wg] Global Policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms by the IANA
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Scott Leibrand
scottleibrand at gmail.com
Wed Feb 5 21:37:00 CET 2014
I believe option A was the intent behind the global policy. There is no downside to choosing option A, but there could conceivably be a downside to option B (an RIR runs out of space, stops allocations, and then resumes when they get more from IANA). Therefore, I believe that the IANA should proceed based on option A. -Scott P.S. Yes, I am affiliated with ARIN, but also represent a RIPE member. My opinions in this case, though, are based on my evaluation of what is best for the Internet community as a whole, which seems to be the same for everyone involved. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Filiz Yilmaz <koalafil at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > NRO NC is asked by the IANA Staff for a clarification on the reading of > this policy, Global Policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms > by the IANA, in regards to "when" the first allocations from the Recovered > IPv4 pool can be made. > > The Council decided to check further with the communities, hence this mail. > > The policy document (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-529) states the > following: > > ---- > > 1.0 Recovered IPv4 Pool > > .... > > When one of the RIRs declares it has less than a total of a /9 in its > inventory, the Recovered IPv4 pool will be declared active, and IP > addresses from the Recovered IPv4 Pool will be allocated as stated in > Section 2.0 below. > > 2.0 Allocation of returned IPv4 address space by the IANA > > 1. Allocations from the IANA may begin once the pool is declared active. > 2. In each "IPv4 allocation period", each RIR will receive a single "IPv4 > allocation unit" from the IANA. > 3. An "IPv4 allocation period" is defined as a 6-month period following 1 > March or 1 September in each year > > ... > ---- > > While clause 1 seems to be pretty clear, it contains a "may" and clauses 2 > and 3 together talk about "allocation periods" and that they are the > "6-month period following 1 March or 1 September in each year." > > In practice, if the pool is declared active on 1 January and IANA makes > the first allocations immediately this would be outside of the allocation > period, which begins at the start of March. > > So mainly the question is about the first allocations from the the > Recovered IPv4 pool; > > a) Should they be made straight away > or > b) Should IANA wait and make them at the start of the next "IPv4 > allocation period," the "6-month period following 1 March or 1 September. > > > In my personal opinion I see no problems with starting straight away > (option a above), and then continue the rest in the regularity of the > allocation periods as stated in the policy. > > Would you agree or is your reading towards option b above? > > Please let us know of your opinions on this list until 23 February 2014. > > > Kind regards > Filiz Yilmaz > as NRO NC Member from RIPE Region > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/address-policy-wg/attachments/20140205/59833d6f/attachment.html>
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