Re: [sig-policy] IPv4 countdown policy proposal
Arano-san,
On Feb 15, 2007, at 8:53 AM, Takashi Arano wrote:
A graduated approach means that some portions of addresses which
can be currently justified to allocate will not be justified in any
new graduated policy. In other words, it says the policy will have
to be becoming tighter gradually.
Right.
My question is HOW. I personally can't imagine which kind of policy
will achieve this goal.
Some potential examples:
- Currently, APNIC has an "80% rule". Create a policy that when the
current free pool is reduced by 50%, make it a 90% rule. When the
remaining free pool is reduced by another 50%, make it a 95% rule. Etc.
- Currently, APNIC has no requirement to demonstrate IPv6 support.
When the free pool is reduced 25%, APNIC institutes a rule that
organization to which new allocations are made must demonstrate their
infrastructure is IPv6 capable. When the remaining free pool is
reduced another 25%, organizations to which new allocations are made
must demonstrate 10% of their customers are IPv6 capable. Etc.
- Currently, APNIC recommends organisations should base their
assignment requests on the assumption that 25 percent of the address
space will be used immediately and 50 percent used within one year.
When the free pool is reduced by 25%, these values should increase to
50 and 75 percent respectively. When the free pool is reduced by
50%, these values should increase to 75 and 90 percent respectively.
Etc.
I'm sure there are many others. Mix and match as appropriate. The
key bit is that the increasing requirements should be automatic so
the policy doesn't need to be modified.
Even if there are any, who in the world can agree with a new policy
which
makes him/her giving up requesting addresses or just getting
significatly fewer addresses?
People put up with the imposition of the existing policies because
they felt it was the best way to manage the address space. Would
this be different?
Rgds,
-drc