Policy 6 - Single organizations with multiple aggregation poi nts

[Jim Fleming]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David R Huberman" <huberman at gblx.net>
To: "Sweeting, John" <John.Sweeting at teleglobe.com>
Cc: <ppml at arin.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: Policy 6 - Single organizations with multiple aggregation poi
nts


> > One other critical point that you are missing is that:
> >
> > * An organization which would like to use this policy must apply for
this
> > policy to be applied to their maintainer account.
> >
> > Organizations wishing to continue with using multiple maintainer
accounts
> > would be free to do so.
>
> I still don't see why this language need even be included. ARIN analysts
> should automatically see that a provider is aggregating their address
> space - such aggregation is readily apparent when a requestor provides
> detailed utilization information. The onus should be on the ARIN staff to
> apply this policy where it is relevant, not for the requestor to have to
> prompt the staff. [That doesn't preclude the requestor from mentioning it,
> of course...]
>

Why isn't the entire process automated at this point in time ?

There are web tools that interface to databases, and programs can
analyze the existing allocations.

Why are humans still making subjective decisions ?


It all boils down to fairness.
Which list do you think is more fair ?
The "toy" IPv4 Internet Early Experimentation Allocations ?
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
or
The Proof-of-Concept IPv8 Allocations ?
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt
Why would people pay for Address Space, when it is FREE ?

Jim Fleming
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