[address-policy-wg] 2005-08 New Policy Proposal

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 02:28:15PM +0200, Jørgen Hovland wrote:
> >>product specifications.
> >>Can I allocate 10 IPv6 addresses to a customer from our own pool, or does
> >>the customer need its own record in the DB ? If so, _must_ this 
> >>allocation
> >>be a /64 even though the customer will only use 10 addresses?
> >>
> >>[ ] Yes.
> >>[ ] No.
> >>[ ] Don't know.
> 
> I apologise if this is moot, but an answer would really be appreciated.

The answer is "the RIPE policies have no answers how to do things that
are in violation of the RIPE policies" - and assigning 10 IPv6 addresses 
is against the policy.

> Or am I totally wrong? How can I give 10, and only 10, addresses to a 
> private customer without allocating the customer its own /64 ?

What you can do, if you insist, is to allocate a /64, and block all but
10 addresses out of the block - this would follow the policies to the
letter, if not the spirit.

As for documentating the resulting /64: this is a very interesting issue,
and this is an open debate "how much personal data must/can/must not
be stored in the RIPE database".

The policy (RPE-267) says:

------------ quote ---------------
3.3. Registration

   Internet address space must be registered in a registry database
   accessible to appropriate members of the Internet community. This
   is necessary to ensure the uniqueness of each Internet address and
   to provide reference information for Internet troubleshooting at
   all levels, ranging from all RIRs and IRs to End Users.

   The goal of registration should be applied within the context of
   reasonable privacy considerations and applicable laws.

(more in 5.5)
------------ quote ---------------

This can be interpreted as "you register it in an internal database,
and if someone from the RIPE hostmaster is asking for allocation 
details, you provide all relevant data to the RIPE NCC" - and it is 
frequently done that way in IPv4 already.

The RIPE database would then carry an umbrella object, stating what
you do with the space ("this space is used for /64 assignments to 
end users") and whom to contact in case of questions or problems 
("abuse at ...", etc.).

The policy is a bit vague here, admitted.

Most important is that people "out there" know what the address space
is used for, and that you can show documentation to the RIPE NCC in case
they come asking.

Gert Doering
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