[address-policy-wg] Impact Analysis

Dear Colleagues,

During the Address Policy Working Group session at the RIPE 53 Meeting 
in 2006, the community supported the idea of having an impact analysis 
conducted by the RIPE NCC for each policy that has been proposed. The 
community wanted to know the expected impact that a policy may have if 
it is eventually accepted.

The RIPE NCC will therefore conduct an impact analysis for every policy 
proposal that moves to the Review Phase of the RIPE Policy Development 
Process (PDP) from now on.

The impact analysis provides projections in the two areas most discussed 
by the community:

A. Impact of the policy on the registry and addressing system

- Information will be provided about the possible impact of the proposal 
on address/Internet number resource consumption and 
fragmentation/aggregation.

B. Impact of the policy on RIPE NCC operations/services

The first impact analysis has been created for the proposal 2007-04, 
IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to RIRs. You can view this 
analysis under 'Additional Information' in this proposal at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-04.html


Kind regards

Filiz Yilmaz
RIPE NCC
Policy Development Officer