[address-policy-wg] PA policy

Hi James,

* Kennedy, James

> "LIRs are allocated Provider Aggregatable (PA) address space. They
> sub-allocate and assign this to *downstream networks*."
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-643#7
> 
> To me this reads networks or End Users assigned PA space must receive
> transit from the LIR holding the parent allocation.

I understand "downstream" to refer to the hierarchical internet number
registry system here, not BGP routing topology. Otherwise, we'd all
have to buy our IP-transit from the RIPE NCC, who'd in turn have to buy
it from the IANA....

> Or can the LIR assign PA blocks to customers/companies that don't
> receive transit, or any other technical network service for that
> matter, from the LIR? 

That's how the policy has been implemented so far, yes. Note that the
RIPE database gladly allow ASSIGNED PA inet(6)nums to get their own
completely independent route(6) objects.

Tore