[address-policy-wg] 2019-02 New Policy Proposal (Reducing IPv4 Allocations to a /24)
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Michiel Klaver
michiel at klaver.it
Tue Feb 5 11:14:02 CET 2019
Sander Steffann wrote at 2019-02-04 16:02: > Hello working group, > > The first comments I got back on this proposal all seemed to miss the > point of it. Let me explicitly state what this policy is NOT about: > - it is NOT about conserving IPv4 addresses > - it is NOT about postponing the runout date > - it is NOT about extending the lifetime of IPv4 > > It's purpose is solely about: > - dealing with the returned address space the NCC will get over the > years > > Under the current policy: > - the waiting list will grow indefinitely > - the allocations given out will consist of tiny fragments > - it will therefore not be of any practical use > > This proposal proposes: > - keeping /22 until we run out of /22s > - give out /24s only after that > - this helps to keep the waiting list manageable [1] > - declare everything smaller (longer prefix) than a /24 unusable > - this helps against people getting unusable dust > > [1]: see > https://ripe77.ripe.net/presentations/71-Andrea_Cima_RIPE_77_APWG.pdf > slide 14 > > Please forget about previous attempts to change allocation sizes. > Those were about changing the current allocation policy. This proposal > only looks forward to what to do after the current policy becomes > unusable. Please focus on that. > > Cheers, > Sander Just another point for discussion: what to do when this /24-only policy is in effect and RIPE NCC happens to recover a large chunk (e.g. /16 or more) and is able to hand-out multiple /22's again?
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