[address-policy-wg] 2015-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation Size)

Hi Gert

Sure, I fully agree with what you are saying, that is actually what I meant with "use common sense". So we add to that "and with the necessary technical understanding".

The reason that I made the statement from this perspective is that in my consultings I have seen a lot more oft he restricted thinking (like when a global organization says: "we got a /48 and I guess we will find a way to live with that, it is more than we ever had"....

:-)

So let's go for balance  :-)

Silvia

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Von: Gert Doering [mailto:gert at space.net] 
Gesendet: Freitag, 24. Juli 2015 13:51
An: Silvia Hagen
Cc: address-policy-wg at ripe.net
Betreff: Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation Size)

Hi,

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 11:31:54AM +0000, Silvia Hagen wrote:
> There is a widely adopted rule that all address conservation mechanisms should be removed from IPv6 address plans.

You can't do that on a RIR level - if the IPRAs were to hand out a /16 for everyone that comes with a nice diagram, we'd actually run out of IPv6 soon.

Of course a /16 is excaggerating a bit - but I have seen my share of network plans made totally without understanding for bits, hierarchy or actual *networking*, resulting in "oh, for these 500 sites, we definitely need a /24!" (and "oh, for all the electronic passports for 100 million citizens, we must have a /19!") - and thus it is good practice to have someone more experienced in addressing review the plan and see whether it makes sense.

(Just to point out the obvious - from the early days of /35s I have been fighting for more liberal IPv6 allocation policies, but it still needs to be done with a solid technical understanding, and not with "I like large numbers, so get me a /15 please!" - this is the balance we need to find, or otherwise we'll find us faster than expected in the "oops, fp 001 is gone!" land)

Gert Doering
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