On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Sanjaya
<sanjaya@apnic.net> wrote:
Hi John and all,
We don't currently publish the free pool list. While external sources
can derive the free pool by comparing APNIC's IANA allocation vs APNIC
delegation report, APNIC secretariat can actually produce a more
detailed list of all resources in their different states such as
delegated, reserved, returned, or available.
I'm interested to hear from the community:
1. Should APNIC produce a list?
Yes.
2. What purpose does it serve?
Data for research. Allows better understanding of the current state.
3. What information should be there? Detailed prefix or totals?
At least the detailed prefixes.
Options:
a) Publish an official version of Geoff's "prefixes_apnic_pool.txt" file.
status
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Type of allocation from the set:
{allocated, assigned}
This is the allocation or assignment made by the registry producing the file and not any sub-assignment by other agencies.
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Allow status to be (allocated, assigned, free, reserved, reclaimed)
c) Some other file in some other format, with e.g. a notes field that links to relevant policy, project descriptions etc, similar to
Options a) and b) should only require a couple of extra lines of SQL, a few extra lines in cron, and job done.
4. What are the benefits and risks of showing such information?
Benefits: More-informed membership.
Reduce confusion / uncertainty.
Showing how small and fragmented the free pool is, and how well it is being managed should help *me* push my organisation to fully support IPv6 sooner!
Risks: The "free" pool data is already derivable, so no increased risk.
And "reserved", and "reclaimed" are just sub-types of "free" ??
[ Can we assume that there aren't any political secrets that we don't want to come out? ]
5. What should the reporting frequency be?
Daily, as per other information.
Thanks,
John