Dear colleagues,

Policy proposal 2023-02, "Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary Assignments", is now in the Review Phase.

This policy proposal recommends setting the minimum assignment size for IPv4 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.

The RIPE NCC has prepared an impact analysis on this proposal to support the community’s discussion.

You can find the proposal and impact analysis at:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-02

https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-02#impact-analysis

And the draft documents at:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-02/draft

As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Review Phase is to continue discussion of the proposal taking the impact analysis into consideration, and to review the full draft RIPE Policy Document.

At the end of the Review Phase, the Working Group (WG) Chairs will determine whether the WG has reached rough consensus.

It is therefore important to provide your opinion, even if it is simply a restatement of your input from the previous phase.

We encourage you to read the proposal, impact analysis and draft document and to send any comments to address-policy-wg@ripe.net before 2 May 2023.

Kind regards,

Angela Dall'Ara

Policy Officer

RIPE NCC