[address-policy-wg] 2011-05 New Policy Proposal (Safeguarding future IXPs with IPv4 space)

Hi all,

As I already indicated when this was last presented at the RIPE meeting, I
strongly support a proposal to this end. The one thing I'm missing is the
criteria for the size of the assignment - when does an IXP get a /24, /23
or a /22? With 'run out fairly' as accepted policy I don't think the
timeframes set there are in any way realistic for Internet exchanges. So,
clean as the current proposal is, I'd suggest making it a bit messier and
adding very explicit criteria.

With some first hand experience in setting up Exchanges, I would suggest
the following:

- a new IXP gets a /24
- an existing IXP that runs out of its /24 (whether from this /16 or
another range) gets a /23 and has to return the old /24
- an existing IXP that runs out of its /23 (whether from this /16 or
another range) gets a /22 and has to return the old /23

(Yes, this means renumbering every single time. Yes, it's a pain. Yes, if
you run out of a /22 for your peering LAN you're fresh out of luck.)

And while we're at it, I would suggest to add to 5.6.4:

c. Any address space that is returned by an IXP will be added to the
reserve as outlined in 5.6.2.

Sorry :)

Best,



Remco van Mook
Director of Interconnection, Europe

remco.vanmook at eu.equinix.com
+31 61 135 6365 MOB

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On 25-10-11 11:51, "Emilio Madaio" <emadaio at ripe.net> wrote:

>
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>A proposed change to RIPE Document ripe-530, "IPv4 Address Allocation
>and Assignment Policies for the RIPE NCC Service Region", is now
>available for discussion.
>
>
>
>You can find the full proposal at:
>
>    http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2011-05
>
>We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to
><address-policy-wg at ripe.net> before 22 November 2011.
>
>Regards
>
>Emilio Madaio
>Policy Development Officer
>RIPE NCC
>
>



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