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

Remco and all,

  I am sure glad that shoes are not sold/avaliable on the one
size fits all paradign.  >:)

Remco van Mook wrote:

> 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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