[Apwg-ipv6-papi] who can make assignments?

[Daniel Stolpe]

On Thu, 4 Jul 2013, Elvis Velea wrote:

> Hi Sander,
>
> On 7/4/13 7:19 PM, Sander Steffann wrote:
>> Hi Elvis,
>>
>>> we may have more than just one level of hierarchy.
>>>
>>> I am now thinking at RIR - LIR - CUSTOMER - END-USER scenario.
> [...]
>> And what prevents the END-USER from assigning a block to his neighbour? ;-)
>> Sander
>
> Demonstrating or preventing sub-assignments have proven to be impossible
> in IPv4. I don't think there is any way to prevent it in IPv6.
> The only way the RIPE NCC would ever find out about sub-assignments
> would be when your neighbor (to which you have done a favor) would
> complain about you to the RIPE NCC.
>
> However, I am all for providing enough mechanisms and options for your
> neighbor to receive a valid assignment either from you, your LIR or from
> the RIPE NCC.
>
> I am not sure I see how a system which excludes the difference between
> an assignment and an allocation would work.
> If you guys think that we should try to create a policy proposal which
> removes the differences between allocation and assignment as well, it
> would be great to know this from the beginning, before we actually work
> on the proposal any further.

If the whole idea here was to remove differnces between blue or green or 
red adresses and just have blocks of different sizes, then I think it 
follows that the distinctions between allocations and assignments goes as 
well.

Or?

Cheers,

Daniel

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