[address-policy-wg] Questions on Provider Independent IPv4 addresses,

Hi Thomas,

Thomas.Levy at alcatel.fr wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I read with interest the ripe-234 document on IPv4 address allocation.
>It raised me the following questions on PI addresses:
>1) Usage of PI addresses is not recommended by RIPE. I don't want to raise a debate on this
>point. However, I would be interested in knowing the reasons for this. Is it for routing
>purpose?
>2) How could I find statistics on  PI  allocated addresses (by RIPE or globally)?

The why of PI assignments is an ongoing discussion. There has been some
discussion on the <pi-tf at ripe.net> list which was followed up on this
list. The <pi-tf at ripe.net> list archives can be found at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/pi-tf/

I prepared some statistics on PI assignments in a summary of the PI TF
discussions. You can find them at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/address-policy-wg/2003/msg00030.html

I hope this is helpful for you.

Best regards,

-- 
leo vegoda
RIPE NCC
Registration Services Manager