[1582] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Forrest W. Christian)
Fri Jan 26 17:16:59 1996
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:52:36 -0700 (MST)
From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
To: Yakov Rekhter <yakov@cisco.com>
cc: cidrd@iepg.org, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199601262138.NAA26817@hubbub.cisco.com>
On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Yakov Rekhter wrote:
> Forrest,
>
> > The only problem this leaves is how to decide who gets an /18...
>
> That is a *very good question*. Different answers to this question
> have *quite different* implications on the address space utilization.
My personal opinion is that you err on the side of giving someone an /18
that doesn't need one, However you DO need to be careful about assigning the
space. The general qualifications I would imagine are:
1) ISP's assigning (non-portable?) address space to non-dialup customers,
on a fairly regular basis.
2) Large-ish companies which of themselves would need the /18.
3) Anyone who is multi-homed on a "permanent" basis. (Probably
mostly covered by 1&2)
-forrest
