On Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 09:57:15 +0200 Daniel Karrenberg said:
My proposal would read like:
- very small enterprises (VSEs) are those <32 hosts now
The number may be even smaller. I can't remember what the commonly accepted figure is for the number of staff in a VSE, but SMEs (small-to-medium enterprised) usually range from 10 to 100 employees. I would say that anything with >16 hosts now is really an SME, not a VSE.
- last resort registries will not assign address space to VSEs
- VSEs can use private address space (RFC1697) - VSEs are easy to renumber once they connect - VSEs are likely to connect with one host only
- service provider registries will assign VSEs smaller amounts of address space than 8 bits where possible
- service provider registries will register these smaller amounts in the RIPE database when possible
Rationale:
Very many VSEs with 8 bits of address space each will use up too much address space.
Is this acceptable to all?
Yes.
Implementation: If this was accepted the NCC could accept classles inetnums very soon even before the indexing is fully classless.
Question: Should we publish such things as RIPE documents or just circulate them among registries as "current practise recommendations". I personally think we should publish them, but have heared reservations.
RIPE documents are normally recommendations anyway, but derive a lot of their benefit from being public. I say publish (and be praised ;-)
Daniel
Mike