[address-policy-wg] 2009-05 New Policy Proposal (Multiple IPv6 /32 Allocations for LIRs)

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 02:57:40PM +0200, Ingrid Wijte wrote:
> PDP Number: 2009-05
> Multiple IPv6 /32 Allocations for LIRs

let me try to summarize the discussion so far:

 - (some/most) people acknowledge that there is a need for a number of 
   network operators to run two distinct networks - for different reasons,
   be it "commercial" vs. "national research network", or be it "different
   country networks for large multinational ISPs".

 - the current policy doesn't permit a single LIR to receive multiple
   allocations (warning: an allocation can be bigger than a /32, so this
   needs to be taken into account in the wording)

 - the main issue right now seems to be the definition of criteria, under
   which circumstances a LIR can be eligible to receive further /32s

   - tieing this criteria to the 'the LIR has multiple AS numbers' is
     seen as problematic, because it could lead to "if we can't get the
     address space we want, we sneak it through the 'AS number' backdoor"


I do not think that "waste of addresses" is the primary issue we should
worry about, at least not when talking about a few thousand extra /32s
(out of a billion).

"Routing table slots" is something we need to be careful about, and 
"fairness and clear rules", and "make IPv6 workable".


So I think this discussion should move towards:

 - find examples of networks that have problems with the current policy,
   and try to figure out common criteria

 - formulate criteria for "additional allocations" that can get 
   (rough) consensus

 - re-word the policy proposal accordingly

Gert Doering
        -- APWG chair
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