[arin-ppml] v4 vs. v6 micro allocations justifications

[Martin Hannigan]

Based on my experience, I believe three is correct. I did back when we all
came to consensus on the v4 policy for micro allocation and do now. The
infrastructure development impact is very important to the Internet. Making
sure the resources are going to be used legitimately for development and
not flag planting is also important.

HTH,

-M<




On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 21:26 Richard Laager <rlaager at wiktel.com> wrote:

> Absolutely.
>
> I’d love to see the number be higher, like 3 or 5. If you can’t find more
> than two, are you really going to get anywhere?
>
> --
> Richard
>
> On Dec 5, 2023, at 17:51, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> - 4.4. Micro-allocation
> Defines the minimum participant count as "three"
> - 6.10.1. Micro-allocations for Critical Infrastructure
> Defines the minimum participants count justification as "two"
>
> How'd that happen? I can't seem to pin down a draft to see.
>
> As I researched this, however, I again saw widely and was reminded of the
> below.
>
> Here's what we have justification wise in both:
>
> Exchange point operators must provide justification for the allocation,
> including: connection policy, location, other participants (minimum of two
> total), ASN, and contact information.
>
> Here's what we see a lot as a result (which is not in the spirit of the
> policy):
>
> Spaghetti-IX Justification Peer 1: Spaghetti-IX Route Server ASN 65536
> Spaghetti-IX Justification Peer 2: Spaghetti-IX Route Server ASN 65537
> Spaghetti-IX Justification Peer 1: CedgeoEonnecto (BOS)
>
> Here's what I suggest would be meaningful:
>
> Exchange point operators must justify the allocation by providing the
> location of the switch, the contact information information and public ASN
> of the initial connecting parties. The initial connecting pirates must be
> unique and independent from each other.
>
> Which should result in:
>
> Meatball-IX Justification Peer 1: Unique Network ASN 65536
> Meatball-IX Justification Peer 2: Unique Network ASN 65537
> Meatball-IX Justification Peer 1: Unique Network ASN 65538
>
> That would prevent quite a bit of cruft IMHO.
>
> FYI,
>
> -M<
>
>
>
>
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