Some comments about this proposal:
1) I think it's misnamed. It doesn't deal with the last /8. It deals
with a part of it. This could be fixed easily by changing the name. Or
if the name is correct, then the content needs to change.
The proposal doesn't seem to discuss the use of the last /8 so much as
allocate a /22 to existing and new members once the last /8 is assigned
to APNIC.
There are 16128 usable /22s in a /8 (after the /16 for unknown use is
taken out). As I recall from discussions in Christchurch this was much
larger than the number of APNIC members.
In essence this proposal has the following problems:
a) it proposes to underallocate the last /8 because there are less
than 16k APNIC members.
b) it encourages organisations to sign up new APNIC members just to
get more address space. These memberships will be spurious and cause
more problems than they are worth for the validity of the registration data.
c) nothing in the proposal deals with what happens with any
additional space once all existing members get their /22s (apart from
waiting for new members to join). People have said "There won't be
any. People will just sign up new members to get it". True.... See
point (b)
I think changes need to be made so that the proposal actually addresses
what happens with the entirety of the last /8, not just part of it.
Having said that. As Geoff is fond of pointing out, this whole proposal
is like arguing over which deck chair on the Titanic has the best view.
It's really too late by the time we're down to the last /8.
2) I'd like to see the allocation of ANY of the last /8 to any APNIC
member tied pretty strongly to an IPv6 deployment policy.
Anyone who isn't making inroads into IPv6 by the time APNIC is down to
the last /8 has all but missed the boat, let alone the point.
APNIC has a responsibility to guide these members on the right track.
Ensuring that they not only have an IPv6 allocation, but a deployment
and migration plan would go a long way to ensuring that people are on
the right track.
Dean
Randy Bush wrote:
prop-062: Use of final /8
Dear colleagues
This is the final call for comments on policy proposal prop-062,
"Use of final /8".
This proposal was presented at APNIC 26 and was accepted by consensus.
The proposal has been submitted to the Policy SIG mailing list for an
eight-week discussion period. At the end of that period, if consensus
appears to have been achieved, the Policy SIG Chair will ask the
Executive Council to endorse the proposal for implementation.
Proposal details
- New and existing LIRs in the APNIC region to be able to receive
a single allocation from the last /8 if they meet the current
allocation criteria:
- The size of allocations to be tied to APNIC's minimum
allocation size
- A /16 to be reserved from the final /8 for distribution for
future, as yet unknown, technology requirements.
Proposal details including the full text of the proposal,
presentations, links to relevant meeting archives and links to
mailing list discussions are available at:
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-062-v002.html
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