Hi, On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 01:05:19PM +0200, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
In my opinion, closed networks today, could be connected tomorrow, and consequently advertised, so why exclude them ?
A *LIR* usually doesn't (purposely) change back and forward from "operating a non-public network" and "being connected to the Internet". End-user networks do, but the policy isn't about end-users anyway - what end-users do depends on their contractual relation to the LIR of their choice and trust. If they have no LIR available, and are not connected to the Internet, they can use non-publically-routed-global-unique IPv6 space (IIRC it was Geoff Houston's draft).
Excluding them will mean that if a network is disconnected, so no advertised, even by accident, they could miss the right for that allocation ?
Nobody will take an allocation away just because your core-router died. OTOH, if someone receives an allocation and it's not visible after two years (or any other reasonable time), one might start asking questions. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 60210 (58081) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299