[54121] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FW: FW: /8s and filtering
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Forrest)
Tue Dec 10 16:53:08 2002
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:52:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Forrest <forrest@almighty.c64.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <F08EF5D8DEFCD611BCFA0002B3633CE827C654@citybett2.bettendorf.lib.ia.us>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Now, however, that ARIN is discussing proposals such as 2002-5, 2002-6 and
> 2002-7 (with 2002-5 & 2002-6 most likely being passed within few months)
> ARIN maybe put in position of assigning smaller then /20 blocks and that
> is why I suggested on ARIN ppml mailing list that current micro-allocation
> wording about assiging small blocks from specifically designated larger
> blocks be made a separate policy that would apply to all small allocations &
> asignments being made directly by ARIN. If you think its a good idea to
> make this a policy, please do send your feedback to ARIN or bring it up
> on ppml mailing list and then ARIN can work on this futher to make it a
> policy.
>
Proposal 2002-7 is exactly what is needed in my opinion. I wish I'd seen
it before I posted here earlier, since it basically identifies every
problem I mentioned.
http://www.arin.net/policy/2002_7.html
Forrest
