Hi, On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 04:35:23PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
Yes. But how much harm can it do? This organization would eat up about 1/4294967296 of the address space, and pay a yearly fee to RIPE to be permitted to keep it. Sounds like a fair deal to me.
I don't think I agree here. So, 1-man consulting companies, providing web hosting for one customer could fulfill the criteria for a /32?
If that enterprise is willing to pay RIPE fees for it, it would qualify.
Looks like every enterprise out there would also get a /32.
If they are willing to undergo the necessary paperwork, and pay the yearly fees, yes. (Which is only different from today insofar as "today the enterprise has to lie to RIPE [or be quite creative in their definition of 'customer'] to get the /32" - look at current allocations where people are wondering how the critera could have been fulfilled)
Doesn't look like a good idea at all. While I agree that the "200 customers" rule could maybe use a bit of improvement, I don't think removing it completely is the right fix at all.
So, I'm opposed to the policy change.
I'm wondering what your alternative proposal is, as you don't like the 200-customer rule either. If you're worried about a landslide: let's put an (arbitrary) safety margin in there "only 5000 prefixes are handed out, then we stop and re-evaluate policy". Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 71007 (66629) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 D- 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-234