[address-policy-wg] 2011-04 Discussion Period extended until 30 January (Extension of the Minimum Size for IPv6 Initial Allocation)

Am 10.01.2012 09:28, schrieb Jan Zorz @ go6.si:
>> - it is a minimal change which requires virtually no overhead by the LIR,
>> but will get them to think about whether they really need the space or not.
> 
> I think the price difference in LIR membership will probably make them think - more resources, bigger LIR ;)

Perhaps we should include a footnode a /29 may increase the membership fee ;-)

I don't think a minimal justification gets us any benefit. If a LIR just has
to say '6RD' he can do this without any thinking. Let's skip this step.

>> - many LIRs will never need to use 6rd or any other transition technology,
>> so assigning an extra 3 bits of address space is wasteful
>>
>> - For the sort of LIR which doesn't require a transition technology like
>> this, /32 is probably a lot more than the LIR will ever need anyway.

We don't intend to use 6RD but we would like to extend our allocation to /29
in order to configure proper v6 address-pools on our access-routers. For us
the proposal will resolve a real existing problem. If we wouldn't need a /29
I wouldn't request it. Why should I? I'm not afraid not getting more v6 space
any time later.

>> - RIPE and the RIPE NCC have a duty of good stewardship to the resources
>> which they maintain.  Increasing the amount of space allocated to LIRS by a
>> factor of 8 without any justification whatever is (imo) bad stewardship of
>> resources.
> 
> Let's see what others think - WG, any thoughts?

For me good stewardship also means to take care about the problems of it's
members. Sometimes it may be difficult to find the right balance between
not beeing wasteful and allocating the needed ip space. But as this workgroup
is listening to the different pro's and con's it's already doing a good job.
I see this a good stewardship. And I support the proposal as it is.

cheers,
Michael


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