Hi, Gert Doering wrote:
HI,
On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 10:15:14AM +0200, Filiz Yilmaz wrote:
This proposal is to have the RIPE NCC allocate address space to Local Internet Registries (LIRs) based on their one-year needs. In other words, it suggests setting a maximum allocation period of 12 months.
I agree with Jeroen - the subject is a bit misleading, and the wording of the summary could also be a bit more clearer.
Regarding the proposal itself, playing the devil's advocate, I'm not sure why we want that - "the other registries are changing their policies so their members have a disadvantage now -- let's make life more difficult for our members as well?". Global harmonization is nice, but as the *main* argument for a change that's reducing people's freedom in planning, I'm always a bit sceptical...
i'm with you and your arguments here. Especially since the policies of the other RIRs are all different from each other, and there's only a similiar proposal to harmonise it in one of them.
To better judge the impact on address fragmentation (and speaking from a LIR's perspective, having too many different allocations *is* a nuisance - think "reverse DNS", "routing announcements", etc), I'd like to see some numbers what impact in terms of "how many LIRs would have received multiple blocks instead of a single contiguous block?" if the allocation time frame would have changed to "1 year" something like 5 years ago...
According to "b. Arguments Opposing the Proposal", the impact is minimal compared to other DFZ-bloating issues, but i don't have any numbers on it myself. Additionally, i still see no real reason to conserve IPv4 address space, my inofficial point of view is: waste IPv4 addresses so we can go with IPv6 :) All in all, i don't support this proposal at the moment. -- ======================================================================== = Sascha Lenz SLZ-RIPE slz@baycix.de = = Network Operations = = BayCIX GmbH, Landshut * PGP public Key on demand * = ========================================================================