[address-policy-wg] PA Assignment questions

Address Policy Working Group,

 

 

 

 

I'm working for a company who decided to become a LIR as we have a
requirement for Large amounts of IP Space. We are not assigning IP Space
to our customers as all the IP Space is used for our own infrastructure.

 

 

We have been provided with a PA Allocation, however we are having issues
getting PA Assignments approved by RIPE NCC.

 

We applied for PA Assignments in /24 blocks so that we could multi-home
using BGP from all of our production sites and some of our more critical
offices

 

These sites don't have a shared Network connecting them (except for the
Internet)

 

We are using the "allowas-in" command so that we don't need an AS Number
from each non-connected site. (As the RIPE NCC wouldn't approve our
application for multiple AS Numbers)

 

 

The request of PA Assignments is getting rejected because 

 

 

1.       We can't aggregate the IP Space (RIPE NCC wants us to advertise
our entire PA Space and not break it into smaller networks as we
require)

2.       The IP Space required in some of the sites is less than a /24
(However we need /24 networks as our Transit providers filter IP Space
smaller than /24)

 

 

 

 

The suggestion from RIPE NCC was to apply for smaller Assignments from
the PA Space and to take each of them from a separate /24 range, and to
create a /24 route object for each separate /24 Space, or to apply for
PI Space for each location as PI Space was more in-line with what we are
trying to achieve.

 

While this will work, I have an issue with RIPE NCC providing a work
around, and I believe the policy should allow for a LIR to use the PA
Allocation in the best manner to conserve IP Space and to not have
"Available" networks in PA Space which can never be assigned and to not
waste PI space by not allowing a LIR use the Allocated PA Space for its
own Infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

Keith

 

 

 

 

Keith Nolan 

Director of Network and IT Operations, EMEA

 

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