Dear DNS WG, people on this list might be interested in one aspect of the proposed policy <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-01>, <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/address-policy-wg/2014-March/008638.html>, when it comes to (sub-)allocations smaller than /24. Note that BCP10/RFC 2317 is not necessarily the or the only solution to the problem. Also, in the interest of keeping the policy discussion focused, we might want to strictly focus on the reverse mapping on this list and make sure some "sense of the room" as well as all other aspects get discussed on address-policy. -Peter (DNS WG co-chair) ----- Forwarded message from Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no> ----- From: Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no> To: Carsten Schiefner <ripe-wgs.cs@schiefner.de>, Rob Evans <rhe@nosc.ja.net> Cc: address-policy-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] 2014-01 New Policy Proposal (Abandoning the Minimum Allocation Size for IPv4) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:34:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: <5333CABF.1070609@schiefner.de> * Carsten Schiefner
No, not really. I feel this being only loosely coupled at best. My proposal enables the transfer of allocations of *all* sizes and the conversion of PI assignments of *all* sizes into allocations.
Whether sub-allocations can be made from *all* these (new) allocations or "just" from those being at least a /24 appears as a separate question to me. Even more so, as the the sub-allocation mechanism has been applied or used very rarely only so far.
And having the "one thing at a time" principle in mind: if this impossibility is of concern to the community, then this should maybe be handled by a separate policy (modification) proposal.
Hi Carsten, I'm just of the opinion that removing one without the other leaves the policy in a counter-intuitive state. To me it would appear appropriate for a proposal titled «Abandoning the Minimum Allocation Size for IPv4» to remove all flavours of the minimum allocation size, including the one specific for sub-allocations. Besides, one of the two stated reasons for having the minimum sub-allocation size («[/24] is the smallest prefix length that can be reverse delegated») is quite simply false, given RFC 2317, and if we also accept the rationale for 2014-01, then we've essentially rejected the other reason too («allows for a reasonable number of small assignments to be made»). So I'd ask you to consider removing that paragraph as well before going to review phase. Note that since we're still in the discussion phase, doing so doesn't have to slow down the progress of the proposal, you can go straight to review with updated proposal (modifications at a later stage are much more cumbersome). Just my €.02...your proposal, your call. ;) Tore ----- End forwarded message -----