Hi, Although I agree that the 50% number is problematic, the explanation by Marco is sufficient for me to vote "aye" on this proposal.
Yes, we should probably fix this at some point, but I agree with Matthias that, given Marco's explanation, this should not be part of this particular round of review. Cheers, Steven On Fri, 2023-06-30 at 09:58 +0000, Matthias Wichtlhuber via address- policy-wg wrote: > > > 1. problematic edge cases in section 5 due to the magic figure of > > 50% utilisation > > 2. what is a "special circumstance"? > > The proposal does not modify existing numbers (50%) or the "special > circumstances". Both are in the current policy already (see old > policy text 6.1 .4). I think the changes you propose should be done > in a separate policy proposal as they are an addition to this policy > proposal rather than a change. > > Nevertheless RIPE has clarified how they handle the 50% issue > currently (see Marco Schmidt's mail from mid May): > > > When receiving requests for more than a /24, the RIPE NCC checks > > that > > the IXP will need more than 50% of the assignment within one year. > > If > > their growth rate is too slow and we expect that it will take more > > than > > a year to exceed that utilisation threshold, we suggest that they > > postpone their request. > > Thus, this issue is not urgent and can be discussed separately. I > hope that answers open questions. > > Regards, > Matthias > > -- > Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wichtlhuber > Team Lead Research and Development > ------------------------------ > DE-CIX Management GmbH > Lindleystr. 12, 60314 Frankfurt (Germany) > phone: +49 69 1730902 141 > mobile: +49 171 3836036 > fax: +49 69 4056 2716 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.de-cix.net%2F&data=05%7C01%7Csteven.bakker%40ams-ix.net%7C0baf6acaa3a04e5ebb6408db79508c78%7C09d28fc155624961a4848ce4932094ae%7C0%7C0%7C638237159103038008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nGK%2BWwN4RXt1p6Fsa%2FjUCwiUQdtvrBVWYenKY3AekaE%3D&reserved=0 > ------------------------------ > DE-CIX Management GmbH > Executive Directors: Ivaylo Ivanov and Sebastian Seifert > Trade registry: District court (Amtsgericht) Cologne, HRB 51135 > Registered office: Lichtstr. 43i, 50825 Cologne > > ________________________________________ > Von: address-policy-wg <[email protected]> im > Auftrag von Cynthia Revström via address-policy-wg > <[email protected]> > Gesendet: Freitag, 30. Juni 2023 00:55:35 > An: Nick Hilliard > Cc: RIPE Address Policy Working Group > Betreff: Re: [address-policy-wg] 2023-01 Review Phase (Reducing IXP > IPv4 assignment default size to a /26) > > I agree with Nick here regarding 1. > These magic numbers should really be fixed. > > -Cynthia > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 10:55 PM Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Angela Dall'Ara wrote on 29/06/2023 15:19: > > > > It is therefore important to provide your opinion, even if it is > > simply a restatement of your input from the previous phase. > > > > > > this version of the document hasn't addressed the problems I raised > > on April 26. The authors need to give some consideration about what > > might be the best approach to fixing them: > > > > 1. problematic edge cases in section 5 due to the magic figure of > > 50% utilisation > > 2. what is a "special circumstance"? > > > > I don't believe that the document should progress until these > > issues are addressed. > > > > Nick
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