North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Dealing with ARIN.. my experiences & tips
Thus spake "Jeff McAdams" <[email protected]> > As for some specific policy points that I think are bogus. ... but specific > situations, such as a desire to renumber out of PA space, should be > considered much more strongly than it is currently. Let me throw in one policy I've been wanting for years, which would fix most/all of Jeff's problems: RIRs should allow a member to voluntarily renumber several disparate allocations into a single prefix. The original allocations would be forfeit after a reasonable renumbering period, e.g. 6 months. If the member has at least one PI allocation, they should be allowed to combine it with PA allocations into a new, larger PI allocation. More importantly, a quick study in logic shows there should be no requirement for the existing space to meet RFC2050 requirements -- the space is already allocated. After the renumbering period there's no net damage to the IPv4 "shortage" since similar amounts of space would be assigned, but it would be a great help to the global routing system. S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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