Please read carefully about the section of Critical Infrastructure. AfriNIC is eligible to have a /32 by the policy. FYI: in the APNIC case which is similar to other region more or less, their policy says, --------------------- Critical infrastructure The following critical infrastructure networks, if operating in the Asia Pacific region, are eligible to receive a portable assignment: root domain name system (DNS) server; global top level domain (gTLD) nameservers; country code TLD (ccTLDs) nameservers; IANA; Regional Internet Registry (RIRs); and National Internet Registry (NIRs). Assignments to critical infrastructure are available only to the actual operators of the network infrastructure performing such functions. Registrar organisations which do not actually host the network housing the registry infrastructure, will not be eligible for an assignment under this policy. The maximum assignment made under these terms is /32 per operator. ---------------------------- For IXs, there is another space reserved to allocate a /48 each IX for their need of globally independent but not routable. It is a good timing to learn about the allocation policy, and if there is something outdated, let's review and renew that point. Best regards, Kosuke Jeroen Massar wrote:
[*full rant mode*]
My eye just fell on a very strange new allocation, apparently made under some new rules in the AFRINIC region which seem to be very wasteful and very out of sync with the rest of the world who are at least thinking a bit about address conservation instead of just blowing address space like there is no tomorrow:
http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v6200407-000.htm#5 details: 8<-------------- 5.1.1. Initial allocation criteria To qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an organization must: a) be an LIR; b) not be an end site; c) show a detailed plan to provide IPv6 connectivity to organizations in the AfriNIC region. d) show a reasonable plan for making /48 IPv6 assignments to end sites in the AfriNIC region within twelve months. The LIR should also plan to announce the allocation as a single aggregated block in the inter-domain routing system within twelve months.
5.1.2. Initial allocation size
Organizations that meet the initial allocation criteria are eligible to receive a minimum allocation of /32. ---------------------------------------------->8
Wow, so you make a new 'company' in 911 land and say "I am going to allocate a single /48" and you get a FULL /32 even when you will never ever ever use it or even are going to think about using it?
The first "organization" which is using this to waste space seems to be:
inet6num: 2001:42d0::/32 netname: AfriNIC-IPv6-1 descr: AfriNIC descr: RIR country: MU
Gee, the RIR itself. How many people are using the AFRINIC network? 10-50? Are they really *ever* going to need more than a /48? Are they ever going to have a need for 65536 of those /48's?
Really this is just a waste of address space. Yes there is "enough", but being sooo obviously wasteful just to be able to have a nice slot in the routing tables is a bit over done.
I hope that the other regions take this in mind too when (re)considering their address policies.
Giving out /48's or even a /40 to an organization that is in-effect an end-site I can understand, especially when they can justify the need for that amount of address space. But giving /32's to every single endsite that simply asks for it is very very very far fetched. They will not even ever fill up a /40 of address space even if they would have two sites (read: offices) in every country in Africa, let alone 65536 sites. Such a waste.
Funnily later in the above document they point to HD ratios. What point is that when the waste is already happened?
RIR's should be giving out address space based on "need" and that need must justified, giving out /32's as "those fit in the routing slots" is a really really bad idea.
In short: if you want a nice /32 without issues: setup a small shop in Africa and presto!
Greets, Jeroen
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