Re: [apnic-talk] a proposal agendum for policy sig at APRICOT
Hi,
Some comments, inlined, which hopefully will give you food for thought as
you prepare your presentation for the Policy SIG...
At 20:46 10/02/00 +0900, hiromi at spin dot ad dot jp wrote:
>- Introduction
>
> AS2050 and APNIC policies define how to allocate/assign IP
> network address to a enterprize by LIR/NIR.
> However, some kind of view, there seems to be a conflict and
> inconsistency in real allocation/assignment.
>
>- Proposal
>
> We shall define several standard principles to share with the
> LIRs and NIRs.
>
>- detail
>
> We are proposing the following detailed 5 principles.
>
> a. Registries shall not interfere with business
> issues of the applications,
....the implication being that the registries are currently interfering
with business issues of applicants? If so, I'm sure everyone would be
interested in hearing about the particular cases. Asserting this without
quoting examples would of course be inappropriate.
> b. Registries shall not regard administrative ease
> on address assignments,
> c. Registries shall gather minimum information
> necessary for evaluation of applications,
From my experience I think all three RIRs follow both of these. It
certainly would be good if the member registries of APNIC also follow this
- I'm assuming this is brought up because some don't at the moment?
> d. Requesters shall reply to any of the above
> information requests by all means but they are
> allowed to ask reasons of the requests by the
> registries,
In my past experience I feel there is always a healthy dialogue between
applicants and registries. I guess you are asking both parties to expect
there to be dialogue, or?
> e. Registries shall evaluate technologies for its
> procedures with a common standard before adoption,
In my opinion this is impossible. It would mean the registries would have
to pre-empt any new technology by having a policy ready before the first
deployment anywhere in the world. And if I remember rightly, it tends to be
ISPs who evaluate and deploy new technologies. Is the traditional model
whereby the ISPs and vendors provide information and feedback broken that
you find you have to suggest this alternative approach?
BTW, if the three RIRs were require by their membership to embark on this
path, they'd have to substantially increase fees to pay for the necessary
highly qualified technical staff to carry out the evaluation. Or is there
another vehicle for predicting the future and having the policies ready?
Hopefully your presentation will clarify the motivation for your 5
principles somewhat.
philip
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