[address-policy-wg] 2011-04 New Policy Proposal (Extension of the Minimum Size for IPv6 Initial Allocation)

Am 24.10.2011 11:59, schrieb Dan Luedtke:

> Isn't it better to change that procedure to not require unnecessary work?

For us this would be sufficient. Something like "If you qualify for an initial
/29 you may extend your /32 directly to a /29 an skip the HD-ratio rule." would
perfectly match for us.

But I can imagine other scenarios where a /29 from the beginning might be more
usefull. 6RD is one them.

> The space is reserved for growth and to contain fragmentation. Instead
> of increasing the initial allocation I propose to make it easier to
> request subsequent allocations from the prior reserved /29. A short
> notice "hey, we are growing" should be enough. If it's not, then we

Sounds similar. In case you have a /32 and a short notice is enough you can
assign a /29 initially and save the time for a subsequent allocation request.
In my interpretation "short notice" means you don't have have to fulfill
the HD-ratio criteria. There might be other valid reasons than growing.

> need to change that. Handing out /29 initially might lead to
> over-generous network planing, but one should not be having problems
> getting the rest of one's /29 when growing!

Actually we are having problems to get the rest of our /29. Our plans have
changed since we got our /32 and we can't qualify for subsequent allocation
due to the HD ratio. But we need the /29 for a complete v6 roll-out based on
the current planning. Right now we have no other choice than to change our
planning until we fulfill the HD-ratio criteria.

An extension of the minimum allocation size would cover our case because it
would allow Ripe to give us "our" /29.

cheers,
Michael


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