[ipv6-wg] Free GUA space for community projects [CfP/RFC] (was: Minutes from the IPv6 WG @ RIPE 83)

Hey Leo,

Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> writes:
>> ## Motivation
>>
>> The Motivation is:
>>
>> - with GUA, potential connectivity to the Internet later does not
>>   require renumbering
>> - with GUA, reverse DNS is easily possible
>
> I don't understand the motivation. What kind of organisation would
> have so much "not Internet connected" infrastructure that renumbering
> would be a significant burden but not be able to afford the RIPE NCC's
> annual membership fee?

This is basically any community driven organisation which consist of
volunteers.

> Looking at the fees published at
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/ripe-ncc-organisational-documents/charging-schemes
> they appear to have gone down over the last decade. Is there a class
> of organisation that has lots of infrastructure but can't budget for
> these relatively modest annual fees?

While I am not arguing against RIPE's (or ARIN or any RIR) fee, we are
talking about 1400 Euro yearly, or roughly 100 Euro/month. Doesn't
sounds a lot, but is quite a committment from what I can see. I am aware
of clubs or organisations which are barely making a 0 at the end of the
month or year in terms of finances.

But I think you have a point, the question is who cannot afford it and
who would actually be interested in it. To clarify this question, I've
setup a small survey on
https://ungleich.ch/u/blog/2021-12-23-ipv6-addresses-for-free/

> And if the registry or registries you propose are charging so much
> less, or even free at the point of use, how can they provide a
> resilient and robust set of registry and DNS services that will last
> for as long as the users need?

The idea would be to go with a sponsored (companies/organisations)
or volunteer based service matching the target audience.

> I'd love to get a better understanding of the needs of the anticipated
> user base and the risks that they need to protect themselves from.

<claim>
The status quo is:

- Community projects use ULA, because it's easy and free  <---------------------------------|
- ULA does not have an official registry (and seems to be unlikely that we go there)        |
- GUA might be an easy way out of this                                                      |
- However GUA costs real money -------------------------------------------------------------|
</claim>

And the motivation is to reach:

- Community projects can use GUA for free <--|
  \------------------------------------------|

Does it make sense?

Cheers,

Nico

--
Sustainable and modern Infrastructures by ungleich.ch