[db-wg] Re: [ncc-services-wg] Re: Changes to the RIPE Database Acceptable Use Policy and Daily Limit Accounting

Rob Evans wrote on 06/08/2024 17:48:

I believe it is pretty common to rate-limit based on the /32 for IPv4 and the /64 for IPv6, this isn’t something the NCC has invented.

the rationale for /64 is that ipv6 privacy addresses will cause the source IP address to change for each successive query, i.e. on a standard SLAAC network, the limit of 1000 person objects per-IP-address-per-day won't apply by default.  Applying the rate limit on the entire /64 for ipv6 closes off this rather embarrassing loophole. Does the EB even need to approve text to clarify this? It's a standard and completely reasonable approach to rate-limiting. Nick