[ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Soft Landing

[Stephen Sprunk]

Thus spake "G. Waleed Kavalec" <Kavalec at BSWA.com>
> I support this proposal, exactly because of the carrot/stick it
> provides; it gives sysadmins across the nation something very
> tangible to give their management.

I don't see much of a carrot.  The phases are arbitrary from management's 
perspective since they depend on IANA's actions and what the various RIRs 
are doing.  I'd much, much prefer that specific dates are put on the phases 
(such as 1 Jan of each year starting in 2009, or something based on current 
projections) because _that_ is something management can figure in when 
planning their budgets.

I like the idea of progressively tighter requirements as we get closer to 
exhaustion, and particularly that we are going to tell people what they'll 
be long in advance of them happening instead of being based on policy action 
at each meeting, which can't be predicted.

There's also no mention of whether this is intended to be retroactive, i.e. 
interface with potential reclamation activities.  If it does, is ARIN 
supposed to go back and start revoking allocations for people without IPv6 
deployment plans the day we hit phase 1?  If so, that may affect a lot of 
people's support for both proposals.  I'm also against third-party audits; 
if we get to the point current review procedures are insufficient due to 
widespread fraud, we need to debate such a controversial change separately.

Also, as David W. mentioned, this doesn't seem to have any consideration for 
direct assignments, only allocations.  If that's the intent, which I'm not 
sure I agree with, that should be called out.  If not, the same requirements 
don't seem to make sense.

Last, this seems to be a global policy, and I understand it's expedient to 
submit the same proposal to each RIR, but we need someone to revise this to 
show how it'll fit into the NRPM.  I'm currently on the fence, given my 
issues above, so I am not volunteering for that task.

S

Stephen Sprunk      "Those people who think they know everything
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