[address-policy-wg] Re: [ipv6-wg] additional IPv6 allocation (ripe-512 issues)

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl> wrote:
> Hi Ivan,
>
>> Let me try to understand:
>>
>> (A) We don't disagree that he might actually deserve more than /32
>> (B) According to my understanding of previous discussions I had on this topic, RIPE might actually have already reserved extra space for his future needs
>> (C) According to the current rules he can't get another /32 for a total of /31 without using most of the current /32 (and hoping his next /32 will be adjacent)
>> (D) Someone is seriously suggesting he returns the current /32 and asks for a brand new /31 which he will likely get.
>
> All correct. The current policy doesn't permit the RIPE NCC to give out extra address space for an existing allocation until the HD ratio has been reached. They are allowed to give more than a /32 when someone requests a new allocation though. I have had this same issue and I got the same answer.
>
> After reading the policies with this in mind I can only conclude that the RIPE NCC is implementing the policy correctly. If we want the NCC to do something else someone has to write a policy proposal.


FYI, a number of folks had this same issue in the ARIN region, and as
a result policy ARIN-2010-12
(https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2010_12.html) was proposed,
adopted, and implemented to address the problem.

-Scott