[address-policy-wg] IPv6 Policy Clarification - Initial allocation criteria "d)"

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:21:39PM +0100, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:

> IPv4 addresses they have or what plans they have for IPv6. Only one
> thing matters: the organization has proven that they have a real
> IP network and can justify receiving a RIPE IPv4 allocation.
> This means that they are a real IP network operator. And since
> all IP network operators will tranisition to IPv6 at some time
> in the future, they should need no other justification for an
> IPv6 allocation.
> 

Here here. This process should be much more streamlined than the person
doing the IPv6 initiall allocation request saying "we have n networks,
covering m addresses, we plan to dual stack everything in the future so we
need x IPv6 space".
There should be a simple rule saying for x IPv4 space you get y IPv6 space,
if you need more you'd need to justify it.

> The same rule should apply in all the other 4 RIR regions.
> 
> The pseudo-logic behind this rule is that IPv4 addresses are
> scarce therefore we have to be careful how many we allocate
> and who we give them to. Since IPv6 is like IPv4 we also need
> complex rules to limit who gets addresses. The flaw is that
> IPv6 is not *LIKE* IPv4. It is a simpler and more flexible

Even if it was *LIKE* IPv4, using the same criteria would make sense.
As it's not, using IPv4 has a criteria means you're already using a stricter
criteria than needed.

> 
> This means that the risk of doing the wrong thing is vastly
> smaller than it was with IPv4. We should plan to err on the side
> of simplicity and flexibilty, i.e. give everyone an IPv6 allocation
> if they already have an IP network. There is very little downside
> to doing this.
> 

As oposed to making needlessly hard to get an assigment on the edges of the
Internet, where the commercial demand starts.

cheers

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