Re: [sig-policy] prop-088: Distribution of IPv4 addresses once the final
On Nov 24, 2010, at 2:32 AM, Philip Smith wrote:
> Hi Owen,
>
> Thanks for your comments! Yes, the goal of this proposal was to address
> the concerns mentioned at the previous APNIC meeting.
>
> Owen DeLong said the following on 23/11/10 13:09 :
>>
>> 1. APNIC is unlikely to receive additional space from IANA as
>> they are unlikely to exhaust the pool as defined in the proposed
>> global policy.
>
> Given the proposal you mention is just that, a proposal, prop-088 is
> written based on the current situation.
>
Sure. However, if it becomes policy it will outlive the current situation and
should be considered in light of both the current situation and likely future
scenarios.
>> 2. Once all current APNIC resource holders have received their single /22
>> from this pool, the pool could become a monotonically increasing
>> collection of addresses that cannot be utilized. Of course, the
>> workaround for this is to merely create an additional APNIC
>> org each time you want to receive a /22.
>
> Creating additional orgs to get more resources is not a problem unique
> to the APNIC service region either. Been discussed many times already.
>
True, but, the one last slice policy is, to the best of my knowledge, unique
to APNIC. Others have policies along the lines of one slice per x time period.
This provides significantly greater incentive for synthetic orgs in the APNIC
region than in others, IMHO.
Owen