[address-policy-wg] new policy idea for PA allocations

Hi David,

I'm not sure how big the extra overhead will be - my estimate is not a
lot - but putting it that way, that is indeed what I'm suggesting.
Allocating all the fragments to a single request or small number of
requests is in my opinion the worst possible thing we could do with it.

Alternatively we could take the 'one size fits all' approach as has been
proposed in the APNIC region as referred to by Randy.

Best,

Remco

-----Original Message-----
From: David Conrad [mailto:drc at virtualized.org] 
Sent: donderdag 7 augustus 2008 18:28
To: Remco van Mook
Cc: matthew.ford at bt.com; shane at time-travellers.org;
address-policy-wg at ripe.net
Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] new policy idea for PA allocations

Remco,

>>>> Could someone submit another request immediately afterwards though,
>>>> since current policies are based on need?
>>> if you again qualify for another allocation you can come back for  
>>> one. If
>>> that's immediate, it's immediate.
>> What's the point? If I qualify for a /15 and I want a /15 but all the
>> RIR has available is a bunch of /18s, I'll take those /18s.
> The point is quite simple - why bother being strict in allocating  
> small
> blocks when in the end you're going to hand them over to a single
> request anyway. I don't want anyone filing a request that cleans out  
> the
> cupboard in one go.

So, you're proposing the addition of increased administrative overhead  
(in the form of requiring multiple applications for address space to  
obtain the amount of address space originally requested) as a  
mechanism to reduce the demand on the fragmented pool?

Thanks,
-drc



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