[ppml] Comments on revised 2005-1 proposal of 2006-02-03

Glenn Wiltse iggy at merit.edu
Thu Feb 9 08:28:30 EST 2006


    In general, I like the direction Thomas is  heading in... (giving
PI to the largest sites and trying not to give out small blocks simply
because someone says they need multi homing, etc...)

I would change refferances to 'end site', in favor of the term 'end 
orginization' (which would imply these cant' be re-assigned to other 
orginizations, but little else implyed in the meaning)

   In my mind, the only real sticky point is in deciding what exactly
defines a originization as being 'large' enough to get a PI assignment.

I do think that a /40 is about the smallest sized block that I would like 
to see given out as IPv6 PI space at this time. Just how you define who is 
large enough to justify such a assignment I do not know.

  I personaly would rather see unique street addresses be considered
as justification for space, more so then number of employees... but 
perhaps either or... or some combination of both, etc...

   Anyway, I do really think Thomas is on the right track with his
most recent comments and/or proposal.

Glenn Wiltse

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Thomas Narten wrote:

>> Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>
>>> Can you prepare a revised version? There has been so much
>>> back and forth (some fairly tangential) that I am no longer
>>> sure exactly what the new proposal will say.
>
>> Add new subsection in section 6.5 of the NRPM:
>
>>    6.5.8. Direct assignments to large/complex end sites
>
> I agree with others about the "complex" wording not being
> helpful. IMO, we are fine just changing this to:
>
>    6.5.8. Direct assignments to large end sites
>
>>      6.5.8.1. To qualify for a direct assignment, an
>>               organization must:
>
>>        a) not be an IPv6 LIR; and
>>        b) meet at least ONE of the following requirements:
>
>>          1) Have an IPv4 assignment or allocation directly from an RIR,
>>             the IANA or legacy registry; or
>
> I have a hard time supporting giving owners of "legacy" IPv4
> registrations automatic IPv6 space. This just perpetuates the "early
> adopter" program (e.g., those that got big assignments prior to the
> the RIRs, get similar treatment in IPv6).
>
> Also, IMO, it's not enough to have "an IPv4 assignment or allocation
> directly from an RIR"; there are different types of
> assignments/allocations. We should restrict giving out IPv6 PI space
> that satisfy specific criteria.
>
> Indeed, I'm not sure why 1) is even needed. I think item 2) (that
> follows) is a better justification and can subsume 1).
>
>>          2) Qualify for an IPv4 assignment or allocation from ARIN under
>>             the IPv4 policy currently in effect; or
>
> With some caveats, since not all allocations are the same (e.g.,
> getting space for anycast, etc.)
>
>>          3) Be currently multihomed using IPv6 connectivity to two
>>             or more separate ARIN LIR's using at least one /48 assigned
>>             to them by each LIR.
>
> IMO, being multihomed in IPv4 should also be sufficient justification.
> One argument I keep hearing is that "we're assigning PI space in IPv4
> for multihoming, and the system is working". So let's try and leverage
> that experience.
>
>>        6.5.8.2. Direct assignment size to large/multihomed end sites
>
>>          Organizations that meet the direct end site assignment criteria
>>          are eligible to receive a direct assignment.  The minimum size
>>          of the assignment is /48.  Organizations requesting a larger
>>          assignment or a second (or more) assignment must provide
>>          documentation justifying the need for additional subnets.
>
> I suspect that /48 is too small, if we are aiming at the biggest end
> sites. E.g., take sites that have O(100K) subnets. According the HD
> ratio thresholds, that would correspond to (I think) a /44.
>
> One thing that I would find helpful is if there is any data available
> concerning sizes of organizations (in terms of
> networks/devices/users). How many organizations have 100K subnets? Is
> that number small enough that we can use it as a threshhold to give
> everyone with 100K subnets a PI assignment?
>
> Although the following is far from perfect, using number of employees
> might be attractive in that it is information that is often publically
> available, and gives a very rough indication of number of machines
> (assume some multiple of machines/subnets per employee). But I recall
> from previous discussions, people preferred more relevant criteria
> like numbers of subnets.
>
>>        6.5.8.3. Subsequent Assignment Size
>
>>          Additional assignments may be made when the need for additional
>>          subnets is justified.  When possible assignments will be made
>>          from an adjacent address block.
>
> Perhaps specifically tie this back to the the HD ratio.
>
> So, here is a revised strawman based on the comments above:
>
> Add new subsection in section 6.5 of the NRPM:
>
>   6.5.8. Direct assignments to large end sites
>
>     6.5.8.1. To qualify for a direct assignment, an organization
>              must:
>
>       a) not be an IPv6 LIR;
>
>       b) meet all of the following requirements:
>
>         1) Qualify for an IPv4 direct assignment from ARIN under the
>            IPv4 policy currently in effect [specifically, Section
>            4.3, excluding microassignments. Note also that this means
>            end site must qualify for a /22 if multihoming. Is this
>            bar high enough?].
>
>         2) Be currently multihomed using IPv4 or IPv6 as defined in
>            "ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual Version 2005.1 -
>            September 7, 2005"
>
>
> 	    [note: text referred to is:
>
> 	    2.7. Multihomed
>
> 	    An organization is multihomed if it receives full-time
> 	    connectivity from more than one ISP and has one or more
> 	    routing prefixes announced by at least two of its upstream
> 	    ISPs. ]
>
>       6.5.8.2. Direct assignment size to large end sites
>
>         Organizations that meet the direct end site assignment
>         criteria given in Section 6.5.8.1 are eligible to receive a
>         direct assignment.  The minimum size of the assignment is a
>         /40. Larger assignments will be made when justified using the
>         existing IPv6 applied HD ratio as given in Section 6.5.
>
> 	 Assignments will be made out of a specially designated
> 	 address block that indicates a direct assignment to an
> 	 endsite.
>
>       6.5.8.3. Subsequent Assignment Size
>
>         An organization may receive an additional assignment when it
>         has grown to include enough distinct physical locations to
>         justify the larger assignment. Where possible, the assignment
>         will be made from an adjacent address block.
>
> ================================================================
>
> So, what do people think of the above? An improvement? Still some
> unacceptable points?
>
> Questions relating to above:
>
> 1) How many direct /22 IPv4 assignments have been made to date? That
>   is, how many organizations do we think would qualify? Are we
>   talking a few thousand? tens of thousands? or?
>
> Thomas
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