Hi Sascha,
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 04:30:10PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote:
i can not speak to the intent in the ripe region. but the principal intent of the final /8 policy in the apnic region was so that *new* entrants could get one small piece of the pie.
This was also the original reasoning here in the RIPE region.
If so, the letter of the policy contradicts this - there is no mention of only "new" requestors, rather any LIR that can demonstrate a need will be assigned one last /22. One could reasonably assume that the intention has then failed in the original policy and is not a valid argument against the proposal...
As I understood the policy, is that it isn't only for new LIR's but there is also a reservation for each current LIR. 5.6 Use of last /8 for PA Allocations 1.Allocations for LIRs from the last /8 On application for IPv4 resources LIRs will receive IPv4 addresses according to the following: 1.LIRs may only receive one allocation from this /8. The size of the allocation made under this policy will be exactly one /22. So there is no difference between what a new LIR or a current LIR will receive. As there is only the final /8 soon, new LIR members will get their /22 and that's it. The final /8 does however provide sufficient growth (more than double in numbers of LIR members if I recall correctly) for new LIR members. Regards, Erik Bais