Re: PI & 1st allocation policy

[Hans Petter Holen <]

Hi leo,
to add my initial thinking:

>                         % ----- Proposal ----- %
>
> 1. Reduce the minimum allocation size from /20 to /21
No big objections to this - I may be a good idea to make the process of 
"growing" the initial allocation to a larger allocation a bit more 
transparent and well documented. This is not necessarily directly related 
but it could be a concern to keep the number of allocations down (for 
routing and for other arbitrary limitations of software.

> 2. Remove the requirement to show an immediate need for 25% of the
> allocated     address space (a /23 in this case)
This basically brings us back to the way it was in the RIPE region - no 
entry barrier for small ISPs (which I think is a good thing) It is however 
different from at least the ARIN policy were one needs to demonstrate prior 
usage.

> 3. No longer assign PI (Portable) address space to End Users
Sounds reasonable, with the different discussions on PI and 
micro-allocations over time - it is clear to me that the only 
infrastructure elements needing portable IP addresses may be the root name 
servers.

Multi homing should be handled differently.

> 4. End Users requiring a portable address block could become an LIR and
> receive     a /21 allocation.

The question then is: what is the criteria to become an LIR ?
- none (the need for IP addresses ?)
- something else ? (ref 2 above ?) Clearly the only thing the RIPE NCC can 
evaluate is prior use or said intent to use some address space.

Altogether I think this proposal makes much sense - give and take the exact 
size of the initial allocation and the immediate need criteria.

-hph