Re: [sig-policy] prop-085: Eligibility for critical infrastructureassign
On 19/08/2010, at 11:51 AM, Terence Zhang YH wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> The statistics you show is correct, there are not many CI assignments these two years.
> CI requirement is not large, but it's important. Since ICANN recently launched
> New gTLD program, IDN and IDN ccTLD fast Track,
> we can expect modest increase of new IDN TLDs and gTLDs in the next few years,
> and that will coincide with our entering into final /8.
>
Right, modest. and even with the updated stats from Sanjaya, 36.7% utilised over 7 years still says to me that there is head room there.
>> The question in my mind relates to if 203.119/16 is 100% set aside for critical infrastructure assignments or not, given that section 11.3 doesn't actually say. If so then I struggle to see what real live problem prop-085 is going to solve. My belief is that the final /8 will have its assignment policy set and will be all consumed well before enough new critical infrastructure organisations can form and apply to use up the remaining space in 203.119/16 which would imply a restraint in the wrong direction.
>>
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> What I understand is, even if that block is reserved and available, assignments/allocations
> from that block still have to be justified according to some policy criteria.
yes. as would be expected for a very constrained resource.
> Currently final /8 policy ONLY allow allocations, so even if there are enough space in 203.119/16 when we enter final /8,
> critical infrastructure users still have no way to justify their needs using '11.3 Critical Infrastructure Policy',
> they have to justify their needs under allocation policy :
> 9.3 Criteria for initial allocation
> 9.4 Criteria for subsequent allocations
> Which they might have difficulty to justify, ie. they may not be able to show the need of /22.
>
o.k. If you say so. Although originally that wasn't my interpretation of the effect of prop-62-v002. But it seems as written to be the case.
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>> If 203.119/16 isn't set aside for just CI applications and other member applications can encroach on it, then I think you might want to consider that to be the low hanging fruit instead of heading toward the last /8 policy space.
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> According to the final /8 policy '9.10 Distribution of the final /8',
> the final /8 doesn't mean a single stand alone /8 block, it means
> 'When the total remaining space in the unallocated APNIC address pool reaches a threshold of a total of one /8'
>
right.
> So,
> If the 203.119/16 still have available space when we enter final /8, it's a component of the final /8 space,
> it's reasonable to continue make CI assignments from it.
yes.
>
> if the 203.119/16 is used up when we enter final /8, that shows the need is steady, it's reasonable
> to open another block for it.
sorry "if".. that is stretching it a bit.. And that is the problem I have. With still over 60% of the 203.119/16 still remaining and a consumption rate at such a low level, and even with the new IDNs (which generally go to the existing gTLD/ccTLD) and TLDs I would rather see an pragmatic analysis of the proposed CI demand backed by facts which coincide by the last /8 mark to say that the CI /16 would be consumed by then and there would be a very very high likely-hood of another block from the /8 required for CI.. if we aren't all on IPv6 by then.
My other point is at the final APNIC /8 point AND the 203.119/16 is consumed I see very little difference between a new CI organisation and a LIR. Why should we bless one category in particular?