Gert Doering <gert@space.net> writes:
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.
And how does this scale going forward? I.e., when folk figure out that all they have to do to get their very own PI address space is join RIPE and pay the fee?
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".
So, we repeat the IPv4 experience where the early birds get a precious resource, while the late arrivers have to play under changed rules (that they view as being unfair)? I thought one of the goals with IPv6 address policy was _NOT_ to repeat the mistakes of the past. Thomas