Criteria for initial PA Allocation

On Tuesday, May 22, 2001 23:03, Poul-Henning Kamp
[SMTP:phk at critter.freebsd.dk] wrote:
> In message <002101c0e301$8b591f00$0600000a at hph>, "Hans Petter Holen"
writes:
> >| >I think it makes sense - if you are not able to fill a /22, your
network
> >| >is "smallish".  So using PA space and renumbering when changing ISPs
is
> >| >not *that* hard, if done properly (DHCP, DNS, no hard-coded IP
addresses
> >| >anywhere).
> >|
> >| I know several companies who would be willing to renumber once per year
> >| as long as they can be multihomed...
> >
> >Why should I have to renumber once a year to be multi-homed ?
> 
> I'm not saying you should, I'm saying people are willing to it.
> 
> To me that indicates that we are not looking at the problem right
> now, but on a symptom of the >real< problem.
> 
> I think the solution to the real problem is to find a better method
> for assignment of routable IPs to multihomed customers.

Exactly. Allowing /22's to be allocated is probably not a good idea and
certainly doesn't solve anything on the longer term. However imposing a
certain amount of minimal usage doesn't also solve the real problem.

The base rule for address assignments is that people ought to get what they
technically need, no more and no less. The base rule for an allocation is
that people should get one if they technically need one. They will need to
explain this in their application for a LIR.
The only problem of course is what are the technical criteria for this. For
a start we could ask the potential LIR to specify why he is not able to use
any alternative method and only grant the allocation if he is able to
provide a satisfying answer or if he can justify a minimal usage of a /22
(within 2 years time?)
I don't think that there is a need for justifying why the person wants to be
multi-homed. Even if it's not a good reason, everybody should have the
freedom choosing multiple ISP's.

How are we going to apply those rules in IPv6 BTW? Justifying the usage of a
quarter of the minimal allocation is going to be difficult for anyone.

Regards,
Bert

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