I think either set works, but pick one and stick to it, that's the important bit.
-chris On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have always understood PA to mean Provider Aggregatable > or Provider Aggregated (which is of course only possible > because they are assigned by the provider who will perform > the aggregation). > > In terms of history, I have in my archive a note drafted > in 1995 by Daniel Karrenberg at RIPE, entitled > "Provider Independent vs Provider Aggregatable Address Space" > (sent to na...@merit.edu, ci...@iepg.org, i...@isi.edu and > local...@ripe.net on 17 May 1995). > > "provider assign[ed]" also pops up in my archive from the same > era, but "aggregatable" seems to be the more common usage > (46 vs 18 hits in my archive). > > Regards > Brian Carpenter > > On 2010-02-27 14:41, Tony Li wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've received the following proposed text: >> >> PA - Provider Assigned: Addresses which cannot be 'taken with you' when a >> site moves to a different location on the network connectivity >> structure; usually assigned by a service provider (hence the name). >> >> PI - Provider Independent: Addresses associated with a site and which move >> with it when it moves to a different location on the network connectivity >> structure; independent of any service provider (hence the name). >> >> Any objections? >> >> Tony >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rrg mailing list >> rrg@irtf.org >> http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg >> > _______________________________________________ > rrg mailing list > rrg@irtf.org > http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg > _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list rrg@irtf.org http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
