At 10:30 02/02/08, Takashi Arano wrote:
So my small modification proposal is to replace "any LIR" with
- ISP or organization who assigns and registers /48s to organizations other than itself
Although it is still ambiguous, we know the perfect definition is impossible due to the nature of things. Actually, an enterprise or university which has subsidiaries in their networks like an ISP can be difficult to be categorized.
Anyway, I believe this is better than just saying "any LIR", maybe because we can omit obvious end users.
I am following up my own mail... Someone may think there is a hole in this definition, which is that any organization who disguise as an ISP could get /32. Yes, this rule does not prevent this. However, first there is no rules to prevent this kind of things. Second, this rule would give mental barriers to applicants. This is a big difference. The bottom of this idea is to give a /32 to all who faithfully declares themselves as inside this category. Regards, Takashi Arano P.S. I am still afraid I can convey my idea to you properly...