[mat-wg] [address-policy-wg] 2023-02 New Policy Proposal (Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary Assignments)

Hi all,


I added in cc the MAT mailing list, which is frequented by researchers. 
I believe that is the right audience for this proposal.


@MAT: Support for this proposal should be expressed before this Friday 
(March 10). See proposal below. Reply by keeping both list.



@Addres-policy: I support this proposal.


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I also mention below a variation of this proposal, which could be it's 
own proposal/thread (suggestions welcome):

There should be an easy way to do "temporary assignments" (which may or 
may not be the correct term in this case) to researchers/developers, 
starting from address space of a company which is "sponsoring" the research.


The key part of what I would like to have is the possibility to provide 
somebody with access to LIR portal services but limited to a specific 
subset of my resources.

In general, a company is not going to support a research/experiment by 
providing indiscriminate access to the LIR portal. Creating a new LIR or 
transferring prefixes is not a plausible solution in this context.


Also, I believe this would remove the need for an approval procedure 
from the RIPE NCC side: (1) if the address space used is of a company, 
there is less need to validate the research project motivations; and (2) 
the company "sponsoring" is also the one responsible for the address space.

Ciao,
Massimo


On 27/02/2023 16:44, Leo Vegoda wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We've not had any feedback on this proposal yet.
> 
> As a reminder, this proposal would set "the minimum assignment size to
> a /24 while still allowing for a smaller assignment if requested by
> the End User. This policy proposal also allows routing requirements to
> justify the request for more than a /24 for research purposes."
> 
> Support for the proposal, or arguments against it are welcome.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Leo Vegoda
> Address Policy WG co-chair
> 
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 at 00:26, Angela Dall'Ara <adallara at ripe.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> A new RIPE Policy Proposal, 2023-02, "Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary
>> Assignments"
>> is now available for discussion.
>>
>> This policy proposal recommends setting the minimum assignment size for
>> temporary assignments to a /24 while still allowing for a smaller
>> assignment if requested by the End User. This policy proposal also
>> allows routing requirements to justify the request for more than a /24
>> for research purposes.
>>
>> You can find the full proposal at:
>> https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-02
>>
>> As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this
>> four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide
>> feedback to the proposers.
>>
>> At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposers, with the agreement of
>> the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal.
>>
>> The PDP document can be found at:
>> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781
>>
>> We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to
>> address-policy-wg at ripe.net before 10 March 2023.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Angela Dall'Ara
>> Policy Officer
>> RIPE NCC
>>
>>
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