Someone has complained to me that they were turned down by internic for a
prefix 19/ allocation because they could not show effective PAST use of
their allocations. They maintained that RFC 2050 only demands assurance of
FUTURE effective use.... Not past.
I have done some looking at 2050 to ascertain, if I can, what the
disagreement is about. When someone comes to internic asking for a
direction address asignment. How can they demonstrate effective past use
if the have never gotten address space from internic before or is the
criteria meant to be their PAST use of space from their upstream provider?
The following two sections seem to get as close to these areas as anything
that I could find.
2.1.3 ISPs are required to utilize address space in an efficient
manner. To this end, ISPs should have documented
justification available for each assignment. The regional
registry may, at any time, ask for this information. If the
information is not available, future allocations may be impacted.
In extreme cases, existing loans may be impacted.
2.1. 4. IP addresses are allocated to ISPs using a slow-start
procedure. New ISPs will receive a minimal amount based
on immediate requirement. Thereafter, allocated blocks may be
increased based on utilization verification supplied to the
regional registry.
Can someone who is directly involved with the registry process clarify
what is going on here?
responses from flemming and williAms will be deleted unread.....others
welcome.
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