On 2009/01/13 06:26 PM Bill Woodcock wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Graham Beneke wrote:
> IPv6 Allocations to Non-Profit Networks
> ----------
> Many community and non-profit networks exist on the African continent
> and around the world... Many of these organizations provide the
> services free of charge and do not have any kind of revenue stream.
I strongly support this policy.
This is the model under which the Internet was initially built... IP
addresses were allocated to those who needed them to build Internet
infrastructure, without fees, up until the creation of the RIRs, and a lot
of work got done during that time. Notably, a lot of the work was done by
individuals and small organizations that were subsequently squeezed out of
the industry by large phone companies, for whom the RIR fees were not an
impediment.
While I do agree, the 3ffe:: range was already declared for testing and
research requirements, so I imagine the market will be free providers,
hotspots or internet exchanges.
My problem is the following
"* The organization should provide details of peering arrangements with
at least 2 public AS's when applying for the allocation. "
Firstly, why two ASN's? This produces a boot-strapping issue since v6
peers can be few or non-existent in many contexts. The wording though is
"should" so this doesn't make sense as a criteria or some wording should
be done to provide an alternate provision criteria. ie The organisation
/must/ provide details of peering arrangements and plan to be
multi-homed OR provide a research/project plan which outlines why this
criteria can not be met.
Also "The organization must announce the allocation in an aggregated
way. The organization may not sub-allocate portions of the address
space". This will fundamentally limit the work or research that could be
done with such an allocation, which I think is damaging to its purpose.
The other issue is the policy does not define whether an ASN will be
provided to those organisations who apply.
--
Colin Alston <[email protected]>
System Analyst, Linux & Internet Services
Thusa Business Support (Pty) Ltd
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