[address-policy-wg] Update on ALLOCATED PI/UNSPECIFIED

On Thu, 4 Aug 2016, Enno Rey wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 05:58:26PM +0200, Daniel Stolpe wrote:
>>
>>
>> I think we can live with changing ASSIGNED PI to ASSIGNED PA if it makes
>> the database more readable but I still agree with you Larisa that if we
>> have been going on like this for decades, why the sudden urge to change it
>> now? The end users will certainly be a bit worried by the sudden change.
>
> maybe, maybe not. Quite some won't be reachable or won't exist any more 
> and won't even know that the assignment ever existed (or, for that 
> matter, what an IP address is).
> Still I expect that a few of those being aware of the issue and actively 
> running services in those netblocks will not be worried. I can only 
> speak for one (ex-) end user organization (albeit one holding several 
> [AU] PI assignments from different [covering] LIRs, so probaly a "large 
> one" in those terms) but I can state that we will be not be worried but 
> in fact *very relieved* once clarity wrt administrative responsibility 
> is reached.
>
> It might be noteworthy that these assignments were handed out in the 90s 
> as part of "Internet service" contracts in the corporate space, hence 
> usually (not too tiny) amounts of money were involved. I leave the 
> conclusions to the reader...

You are right. "Mixed reactions" is probably a better description of the 
forecast. We have hundreds of customers/end users in theese blocks. Some 
will know and understand. Some will not. As always.

Cheers,
Daniel

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