* Remco Van Mook
This all impacts, in a positive or negative way, how much future there is in our final /8 policy. I'd like to think that we made a well-considered decision back then, and if we're going to make a fundamental change like this one I'd like to see some numbers in an impact analysis. Based on current distribution, how much space do we anticipate will fall under the final /8 policy, how much of it will be allocated in /22 PA and how much will be allocated in /24 PI? Given the 'one size fits nobody' nature of the final /8 policy, this would be about the number of allocations/assignments done so far, not the size.
Hi, So, by looking in today's delegated-ripencc-latest file... We need to look back on 105 days of delegations in order to as close as possible to a /8s worth of addresses handed out. The numbers are: Total number of delegated addresses: 17,156,520 Total number of delegations: 1,696 Total number of allocated addresses: 14,784,512 (86.17%) Total number of allocations: 701 (41.33%) Total number of assigned addresses: 2,372,008 (13.83%) Total number of assignments: 995 (58.67%) If I, eh, "simulate" the last /8 policy + 2012-04 by assuming that every assignment is a /24 and every allocation is a /22, we would need to look back 3071 days to get to the equivalent of a /8: Total number of delegated addresses: 16,779,776 Total number of delegations: 28,787 Total number of allocated addresses: 12,547,072 (74.77%) Total number of allocations: 12,253 (42.56%) Total number of assigned addresses: 4,232,704 (25.23%) Total number of assignments: 16,534 (57.44%) Note that neither of these filter away additional delegations to LIRs and EUs, something which won't happen under the last /8 policy. I don't make the claim that these numbers necessarily are meaningful or even relevant to the discussion, though. You be the judge of that...
Everybody who wants to connect his organisation to the internet is going to need at least some IPv4 address space for the time being, so why screw it up for new entrants?
Indeed. I suspect that this the exact problem 2012-04 aims to deal with, as the current last /8 policy *does* «screw it up for new entrants» [that aren't LIRs]. I have a couple of questions regarding the proposed policy, though (not directed at you Remco): 1) Under the proposed policy, would an LIR be eligible for both a /22 PA allocation and a /24 PI assignment, or is it either-or? (I think the proposal as it currently stands is the former, but is that intentional?) 2) Will ripe-530 section 6.10 (minimum assignment=/24 if multihoming) be in effect under 2012-04? Best regards, -- Tore Anderson Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com