[AfriNIC-rpd] Policy Proposal: End user classification for Universities

[Andrew Alston]

Sorry, didn't hit reply all when I sent this, and it needs to be said on
the list

Andrew


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From: Andrew Alston <alston.networks at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] Policy Proposal: End user classification for
Universities
To: James Blessing <jblessing at llnw.com>


Hi James,

I wish that I didn't have to propose this policy, unfortunately we feel
that a gun has been put to our heads here.

The university that we're currently dealing with for this situation (and
others that are coming with similar requests), do not service external
entities, and if they do, they have legacy space they can utilize to do
this around which there are no rules.  The new space is entirely for campus
use and for the various buildings and faculties on campus which are part of
the university, yet still we are told that it has to be an LIR.

I wrote and proposed this policy as a matter of last resort, and I stand by
the policy unless this stance changes, since it seems the only way to get
this issue rectified.  A university is NOT an LIR because it services its
own faculties and its students, since these faculties are NOT autonomous by
nature, they do NOT run their own IT departments, they run through central
university budgeting, etc.  But we don't seem to be getting anywhere in any
other way, and hence, this policy simply serves to clarify this situation
and resolve it.

Andrew


On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 4:23 PM, James Blessing <jblessing at llnw.com> wrote:

> On 28 June 2012 13:32, Andrew Alston <alston.networks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Please see a policy proposal below.  Please feel free to ask any
> questions
> > and give us feedback so that we can modify this to the wishes of the
> > community if the community agrees with the general gist of this
> proposal, as
>
> <snip>
>
> er sorry I'm trying to understand why this needs to be a policy...
> Unless Universities in Africa are structured very differently from
> those in Europe they should be end users as they manage their networks
> centrally, they could of course decide to become LIRs if they have a
> need to provide IP address to 3rd parties (like on campus business
> parks) but the general case would appear to be treating them as end
> users.
>
> There is even a case for the appropriate NREN(s) to become LIRs and
> then provide resources to their constituent universites but that could
> be seen as a restrictive move.
>
> J
> --
> James Blessing
> +44 7989 039 476
> Strategic Relations Manager, EMEA
> Limelight Networks
>
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