[policy-wg] Fwd: [afnog] IP addresses returned to AfriNIC by TENET

[Mark Elkins]

Hey guys - I have a bunch of /24's sitting in 192.96.X.X .. so lets not
talk about "returning IP space" just yet... Anything in 192/8 is worth
its weight in Gold (except 192.168. ? ;-) - as /24's are world routable
(Swamp) (not sure which other /8's are swamp).

Whilst thinking about what Adiel said about there being no aggregation
of the space, I'd love to swap some (multiple) of the /24 address space
I have with one particular address (192.96.24.0/24) - so that I end up
with a contiguous block (/22) on the appropriate bit boundary.... bit of
renumbering on my side - but worth the bother.

On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 12:47 +0300, McTim wrote:
> HI Alan,
> 
> On 9/1/05, Alan Levin <alan at futureperfect.co.za> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > As I understand, these were swamp space,
> 
> looks like it to me as well.
> 
> > 
> > > 192.96.0.0/16;
> > > 196.6.0.0/16;
> > > 196.10.0.0/16;
> > > 196.11.0.0/16;
> > > 196.13.0.0/16 and
> > > 198.54.0.0/16.
> > 
> > Are they still made up of numerous globally routable /24's?
> > Is it worth considering a specific allocation policy for this space?
> 
> I think not. Every corner case doesn't need a specific policy IMHO.  
> 
> If we make specific policies about every situation, then it may tie
> the hands of the NIC staff somewhere down the line. I think it best to
> maintain a general set of guidelines for flexibility sake.
> 
> TENET showed good netizenship here, if we have a "swamp policy", maybe
> it will inhibit others from doing the same.
> 
> Having said that, I am willing to listen to anything you may have in
> mind in re policy text.
> 
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