Hi Jan, On 9/27/13 9:01 AM, Jan Ingvoldstad wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Richard Hartmann [...]
If /32 becomes the new default/minimum, keeping those limits seems to be counter-intuitive.
I concur.
noted.
And I think it's worth keeping in mind that even a /48 is a ludicrously enormously large address space.
Actually, it's not such an enormous large amount, taking into consideration that 64 bits are out of scope. You are left with 16 bits (65K networks/end sites). And let's not forget that the recommendation is to give a customer at least a /56.
With a corporate hat on, I think it highly unlikely that anyone manager or sales person will be content with less than the absolute maximum they can get even if they don't need it. So save for a few corporations and maybe temporary allocations, I suspect everyone will go for a /32.
So do I, especially considering the turn of phrase, which is nearly guaranteed to instill a fear of running out somehow.
Nobody should run out with a /48.
I am not sure what to understand from the statement above. It is up to the company managing the address space to make sure that they have a contract in place to keep it's sub-allocated space under control.
I think it's somewhat sensible that a LIR should have access to a /32. :)
And the current policy allows even up to a /29 with no questions asked :-) cheers, elvis