[lir-wg] Sub-allocations, how and when?

Hi Kristofer,

Kristofer Sigurdsson <kristofer at nh.is> writes:

[...]

>Now, my question to the list is, when will the sub-allocation policy be
>operational, and how will one request such an allocation?  Presumably,
>RIPE will provide a sample allocation request form, any idea when?

The policy will be implemented soon. However, we need to complete some
updates to some internal software, first. We also need to introduce a
new status attribute value into the database.

With regards to request forms: the policy does not require LIRs to send
requests to the RIPE NCC. Instead, the maximum sub-allocation size is
linked to an LIR's Assignment Window.

>Any ideas on how to do this without a sub-allocation?  Any way for our
>uplink to "reserve" a /20, which would then origin from our AS, and then
>assign chunks of it to us as we go along, maybe?  Our uplink's AW is
>/24, and they don't have any room within their current allocations to
>give us a /20, so they would have to request this specifically from
>RIPE.

If the upstream LIR does not have sufficient address space to make an
assignment (or sub-allocation) then they can request an additional
allocation.

Kind regards,

-- 
leo vegoda
RIPE NCC
Registration Services