Re: [sig-policy] prop-088: Distribution of IPv4 addresses once the final
Owen,
I see your point, and I encourage the authors as well as the SIG members
to consider these issues
.
Regards
Terence Zhang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong dot com>
To: "Terence Zhang YH" <zhangyinghao at cnnic dot cn>
Cc: "Policy SIG" <sig-policy at apnic dot net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [sig-policy] prop-088: Distribution of IPv4 addresses once the final /8 period starts
> Terence, thank you for that. If enacted, it does, indeed, reduce some of the
> APNIC specific aspects of external concerns.
>
> However, it does raise new ones.
>
> By placing all such addresses into the post-exhaustion pool with its
> very restrictive policies for allocation/assignment, you create the
> situation where:
>
> 1. APNIC is unlikely to receive additional space from IANA as
> they are unlikely to exhaust the pool as defined in the proposed
> global policy.
>
> 2. Once all current APNIC resource holders have received their single /22
> from this pool, the pool could become a monotonically increasing
> collection of addresses that cannot be utilized. Of course, the
> workaround for this is to merely create an additional APNIC
> org each time you want to receive a /22.
>
> The second concern is actually somewhat valid even with the existing
> policy, but, certainly if there is the ability for this pool to grow from
> external addresses, I suspect it will become a more tempting target.
>
> Owen