[address-policy-wg] informal discussion about removing 5.4.2. Assignments shorter than a /48 to a single End Site

Hi all,

As commented this morning at the end of the WG meeting, I've been thinking about this issue many times and in fact, in AFRINIC, APNIC and LACNIC, as part of *other* more complex IPv6 policy proposals, we successfully achieved consensus on removing the equivalent text.

ARIN has also changed this. In my opinion, the way they handle it, is too complex and not needed, but if someone want to read: https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/nrpm/#6-5-8-2-2-extra-large-sites

I've not (yet) done this in RIPE because I thought it is a so small change that doesn't make sense to tackle alone, but this morning I heard otherwise.

So ... here we are. By the way, as I always state, I will love some other folks that are willing to contribute, if so let me know in private so we can even organize an on-site meeting. However, in this case I think this policy proposal is just an "empty" one (only remove text, so nothing to draft ...) ... see below.

This is our actual text (https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-707#assignments_shorter):
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5.4.2. Assignments shorter than a /48 to a single End Site
When a single End Site requires an assignment shorter than a /48, it must request the assignment with documentation or materials that justify the request. Requests for multiple or additional prefixes exceeding a /48 assignment for a single End Site will be processed and reviewed (i.e., evaluation of justification) at the RIR/NIR level.

Note: There is no experience at the present time with the assignment of multiple network prefixes to the same End Site. Having the RIR review all such assignments is intended to be a temporary measure until some experience has been gained and some common policies can be developed. In addition, additional work at defining policies in this space will likely be carried out in the near future.
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In my opinion (as I've done in other RIRs), we should just *remove* the complete section.

Extreme example case. If an LIR decides to assign /47 to all their customers, and in the future,  they need to come back to the NCC for more space, they will need to justify it according to the existing policy at that time.

I may understand (even if I don't agree) that somebody want to have the NCC keep doing some evaluation on this. If we want to go this way, we will need to define with a short text what we want.

So, opinions? 

Regards,
Jordi
 
 



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