Hi Gert, I fully aggree with your arguments this time. Best, Geza <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Gert Doering <<a href="mailto:gert@space.net" target="_blank">gert@space.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi, <div><div class="h5"> On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 11:23:17AM +0200, Erik Bais wrote: > > You can find the full proposal at: > > <a href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2011-05" target="_blank">https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2011-05</a> > > Please e-mail any final comments about this proposal to <a href="mailto:address-policy-wg@ripe.net">address-policy-wg@ripe.net</a> before 9 May 2012. > > I have 1 question before the last-call ends tomorrow. . . > > In the grand scheme of things and also seeing the other policies popping up for trying to divide whatever is going to be left from the final /8. > > If we all think that this reservation is a good thing for the good of the internet ... (And I agree on the reasoning) is reserving only a /16 from the final /8 enough? > > 65k /24's are in the last /8 ... and for future IXP's we 'only' reserve a /16 (256 /24's ) > > I would rather see that increased to a /14 if possible. </div></div>Formally, we can't change anything "just so" at this point in the PDP - so we'd have to go back to review phase, draft a new policy text, and then re-do review phase and last call. If you think this is important enough, please formally voice "strong and sustained opposition" - which is what it takes to bounce the proposal back to review phase. OTOH, since this came from the EIX WG, I think they have a pretty good idea on the number of IXPs to be expected world-wide, and how much growth to expect there over the next 5-10 years. Since they seem to be happy with the proposal as it stands, with a /16, and the constraints that this brings with it (= 256 new small IXPs, or 128 new IXPs with a /23, etc.), I would prefer to accept their assumptions and go forward. Gert Doering -- APWG chair -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: <a href="tel:%2B49%20%2889%29%2032356-444" value="+498932356444">+49 (89) 32356-444</a> USt-IdNr.: DE813185279 </blockquote></div>