[address-policy-wg] Policy for allocation of IPv6 address space from IANA to RIRs

On Wednesday 11 August 2004 09:18, Randy Bush wrote:
> > It would make sense (to me anyway) that once xx% of a /12 is
> > allocated then another /12 is issued to the RIR.
>
> withholding judgement of the wisdom of a /12, and just using it
> as an example.  it would seem sensible that the xx% be 100%
> less the expected burn rate for the time it takes to allocate a
> new block, plus some fudge.  i.e. if iana can allocate in a
> week, then 90% would seem reasonable.  if it takes the iana a
> year, then a much smaller percentile.
>
> and before we start throwing stones at the iana, it would be
> interesting to actually know the mean and variance of queue
> times of the iana and the various rirs over the last decade.
> my personal experience would not suggest that anyone could
> be particularly proud.
>
> randy

Those figures would probably be useful and would seem a sensible way of 
deciding the % which must be allocated before a new block was issued.

Rather than a /12 perhaps it ought to be that the RIR's apply to iana for a 
block of /x size. With /x being expected to last the RIR iro 36 months.

Jon