[address-policy-wg] Guidance Requested: Changing the Status of PI Address Space

Hi

Okay, I agree with Gert's point of view. If community doesn't see any problem with guidance request, let's do it.

It would be nice if Address Policy WG could continue with the idea about removing status "Provider Aggregatable" (PA) and "Provider Independent" (PI). Are there any plans?

Olaf Sonderegger


-----Original Message-----
From: Gert Doering [mailto:gert at space.net] 
Sent: Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2013 12:42
To: Sonderegger Olaf ABRAXAS INFORMATIK AG
Cc: address-policy-wg at ripe.net
Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] Guidance Requested: Changing the Status of PI Address Space

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 09:10:55AM +0000, Sonderegger Olaf ABRAXAS INFORMATIK AG wrote:
> My question is: Why RIPE NCC should go one step back instead one step forward?
> 
> I remember an idea to remove status "Provider Aggregatable" (PA) and "Provider Independent" (PI) for IPv6 addresses [see Ref 1 / Ref 2]. If we go ahead with this idea and open it for any kind of IP address, than final result is the same as current guidance request.

To change this would require a policy proposal that would change these bits of the IPv4 address policy, and go through the PDP process, and that's a somewhat major undertaking.

Permitting relabeling of PI into PA space is "low effort", as it is not actually covered by policy today - so if the community says "we see no problem with that, let's do it" the NCC can go ahead without a formal process.

(The current policy neither permits nor forbids the NCC to do so, so the guidance requested from the community is "what should the NCC do here, with no clear rules set by policy?" - and I think we have fairly clear guidance so far.  I'll wait a few more days and then summarize the feedback received).

Gert Doering
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