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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>ARIN-PPML <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net</a>> on behalf of William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 5:17 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Reese, Gus <<a href="mailto:gReese@cogentco.com" target="_blank">gReese@cogentco.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span><a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a> <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2023-2: /26 initial IPv4 allocation for IXPs<br>
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<div>On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 7:33 PM Reese, Gus <<a href="mailto:gReese@cogentco.com" target="_blank">gReese@cogentco.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[ clip ]<br></div><div>
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>> b. Permit a range of sizes (from as low as possibly /27 up to /24) upon request, with no documentation needed.<br>
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>Sort of. If an IXP would qualify for a /27, they should be able to<br>
>receive up to a /24 upon request with no -additional- documentation.<br>
>They still have to qualify as an IXP for the /27 and it should still<br>
>be understood as fraud if the addresses are used for a purpose other<br>
t>han an IXP.</div><div><br></div><div>
Which the current definition of three participants should be adequate for this use case in the NRPM.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm a little lost on your fraud concern. If the addresses are used for the peering LAN and other IXP related purposes like, usually through no fault of their own, wedging some cache hosts in the space, are you concerned? If they are used for a FTTH application? Sure. Pretty clear in that respect. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Bill.</div><div> <br>
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