Hi, On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 12:05:49PM +0200, denis walker wrote:
Maybe I asked too many questions in one email, so I'll take it bit by bit.
Is it reasonable to limit the number of levels of SUB-ALLOCATED PA to 4? That is the most we have now in the RIPE Database. Or do you have another number in mind...maybe even 1?
Should there be a limit on the number of levels in a LEGACY hierarchy? Currently it is infinite.
I do not have a factual answer to your question, like "5". All *I* personally have ever envisioned is the need for "1 or 2" levels of hierarchy. That said, if I understand the DB limitations correctly, every level of SUB-ALLOCATED PA is automatically 1 bit longer - so there is an upper limit anyway. Truly excercising this, like having 16 levels in an IPv4 /16, or "many many" in an IPv6 /32, would not make very much sense to me - but doing so is not going to endanger anything or crash the RIPE database. No? So, I see no compelling need to put a smaller hard limit onto the level of nesting. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Karin Schuler, Sebastian Cler Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279