Generally the older allocations would be left in place until deprecated by attrition.
At least that's what I plan to advocate in my policy proposal. Owen Sent from my iPad On Oct 18, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Randy Carpenter <rcar...@network1.net> wrote: > > I have a few customers whose allocations are /29 away from their nearest > neighbor (half a nibble). That seems a little close considering there is a > lot of talk about doing nibble boundaries, and there doesn't seem to be > consensus yet. > > For these customers, I don't think they will need more than a /29, but if we > collectively decide that a /28 is the next step from a /32, how will the > older allocations be dealt with? This is pretty much a rhetorical question > at this point, and I suppose the proper thing to do is to channel these > questions toward the PPML for discussion as potential policy. > > thanks, > -Randy > > -- > | Randy Carpenter > | Vice President, IT Services > | Red Hat Certified Engineer > | First Network Group, Inc. > | (419)739-9240, x1 > ---- > > ----- Original Message ----- >> Randy - >> >> We'll likely put that out to the ARIN community for consultation >> at the point in time when becomes a potential issue. I expect we >> will have plenty of time before that needs to be considered at the >> present rate of allocation. >> >> /John >> >> John Curran >> President and CEO >> ARIN >> >> On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote: >> >>> John, >>> >>> Can you tell us at what degree the bisection stops? i.e. does it >>> keep going until there are no spaces left, or will you leave some >>> space in between each one to leave some room for future needs for >>> orgs that already have allocations? >>> >>> >>> -Randy >>> >>> -- >>> | Randy Carpenter >>> | Vice President, IT Services >>> | Red Hat Certified Engineer >>> | First Network Group, Inc. >>> | (419)739-9240, x1 >>> ---- >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> On Oct 18, 2010, at 2:18 PM, David Conrad wrote: >>>>> On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:59 AM, Jack Bates wrote: >>>>>> ARIN does reservations (unsure at what length, but at least down >>>>>> to >>>>>> /31). >>>>> >>>>> Do they still do that? Back when I was at IANA, one of the >>>>> justifications the RIRs gave for the /12s they received was that >>>>> they were going to be using the 'bisection' method of allocation >>>>> which removes the need for reservation. Last I heard, APNIC was >>>>> using the bisection method... >>>> >>>> ARIN is doing the same (the 'bisection' method) with our IPv6 >>>> management >>>> since January 2010: we refer to the "sparse allocation" approach >>>> and >>>> it >>>> was requested by the community during the ARIN/NANOG Dearborn >>>> meeting. >>>> >>>> FYI, >>>> /John >>>> >>>> John Curran >>>> President and CEO >>>> ARIN
