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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Vincent, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I see your point possibly about the waste of IPv6 space, and
while I *<b>DO</b>* agree that we should not be over enthusiastic about the
allocation of V6 space which could cause us to run out, we need to think of
this as a balance, a balance between the size of allocations and the effect on
the routing table.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yes, potentially there is a waste of space allocating /48s on
/44 boundaries out of a /28 block, however, considering the size of the V6
space and the fact that Deutsche Telecomms managed to get their own /19 worth
of IPv6 space, I really do NOT believe this is a problem considering the effect
it has on stopping the growth in the routing table.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The entire reason that the IPv4 routing table is sitting at over
200 thousand routes today and growing so fast is in my opinion about the size
of allocations and the boundaries on which they are done. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>At the moment (in IPv4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Company A starts, they want to multihome, and they go and get
some P.I space, a /24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Tomorrow they grow, they go and get another /24, maybe a /23
this time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>A few months from now, they grow some more, they ask for ANOTHER
allocation, now they are advertising 3 prefix’s because there was no
boundary to expand to stop this happening.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The future I envisage:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Company A starts, and gets a /48 prefix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Tomorrow they grow, open a new office, they contact afrinic and
go “We need more space”, AfriNIC replies “Sure, take your /48
and make it a /47”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Company A goes into their router, replaces the mask on the BGP
announcement, routing table doesn’t grow, problem solved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The reason for doing it out of a /28 or a /26 is purely so that
there can be filtering of the smaller segments, in line with what ARIN is
doing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>To do /48s out of a /32 block is to repeat a chronic mistake
made in the past that will lead to the very growth in the routing table that
people are so scared of with regards P.I IPv6 Space. What I’m
proposing I believe is the middle ground between space preservation and routing
table growth. It’s also almost identical to what ARIN has done and
keeps up in line with the other regions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I think we’d be foolish to assume as well that 65536 /48s
will ever be enough, it might be today, it might be next year, and the year
after, but there are more than 800 million people on the African continent, that
makes for a LOT of companies, and today, in Africa internet access is
expensive, technology is expensive, technical know-how is limited, however, we
cannot use that as a reason to not plan for tomorrow. I strongly believe
that Africa needs to move forward with a vision of what we can be tomorrow,
where Internet penetration rates are the same as they are in Europe and the
States, where the technology is the same and the pricing is the same. In
that future, multi-homing and P.I is a necessity, and 65k /48s will not cut
it. Lets avoid yet ANOTHER mistake I so often see, and not underestimate
the capacity for growth on the African continent!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Andrew <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rpd-bounces@afrinic.net
[mailto:rpd-bounces@afrinic.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vincent Ngundi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] Re: [resource-policy] AfriNIC Policy
Proposal:IPv6ProviderIndependent (PI) Assignment for End-Sites<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hi Andrew,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your comments/input.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 13, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Andrew Alston wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>As
I’ve stated in previous emails, I still believe that we should probably
stay in line with what the other regions are doing here in order to avoid
complications and different filtering systems globally to make the P.I space
work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>That
is, a single block out of which allocations of /48 are made as a minimum.
That way, a single prefix list could be applied on an ISP’s bgp peers
that basically says (cisco syntax here, though its simply an illustration of
principle)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I agree with you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Permit
aaaa:aaaa::/yy le 48<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>permit
xxxx:xxxx::/yy le 48 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>permit
zzzz:zzzz::/yy le 48<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>permit
::/0 le 32<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Where
A X and Z are the pre-defined P.I blocks from the various regions, everything
else that’s in the tables that smaller in size than a /32 gets
dumped. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If
we then decide to allocate these /48s on /44 boundaries so that organizations
can grow (/44 being what I would consider a reasonable boundary for growth of
individual companies) it would allow for companies to grow and add more /48s
without growing the routing table because the blocks would be contiguous. If
AfriNIC were to allocate a /28 for this purpose it allows for 2^16 (65536) P.I
/44 blocks, which should last a fairly long time, and if it becomes necessary
to grow this, its just a matter of adding another /28 prefix to the prefix list
to expand the P.I space. We could even allocate that /28 on a /26
boundary for safety!<o:p></o:p></p>
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</blockquote>
<p class=MsoNormal>If we take this approach, we may end up with a lot of wasted
(unallocatable) space. For instance, how many organisations may expand such
that they require an additional /48 (I'm being realistic here, not pessimistic)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>IMHO, I think a /48 = ( 2^16 (65536) /64's) from a
reserved /32 will do unless we intend to silently get rid of the IPv6
Allocation Policy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>-v<o:p></o:p></p>
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<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This
at the end of the day covers most of the aspects,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>A.)<span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span>It provides P.I space (which there seems to be
consensus on from what I’m reading)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>B.)<span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span>It provides enough space that the blocks can
be expanded for institutions who have P.I space up to a /44, which, providing
institutions are using a /48 per physical site would give them up to 16
physical sites (as an example, they could break /48s across multiple physical
sites as well)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>C.)<span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span>It provides enough space for the allocations
of these P.I blocks without needing extensive filter lists on routers for the
P.I prefix blocks and allows for the differentiation of P.I blocks versus P.A
blocks by simply looking at the block the space was assigned out of. (This
becomes even more obvious an advantage if the P.I allocation block is initially
published on a /28 boundary but with a /26 reserved by AfriNIC incase of need)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'>D.)<span style='font-size:
7.0pt'> </span>In the case of point B.) due to the fact that sites
can grow their blocks on a contiguous basis, it prevents massive growth in the
routing table<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Just
my thoughts, curious to hear what the disagreements with this are.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Andrew
Alston<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>TENET
– Chief Technology Officer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b>
rpd-bounces@afrinic.net [<a href="mailto:rpd-bounces@afrinic.net">mailto:rpd-bounces@afrinic.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hytham EL Nakhal<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [AfriNIC-rpd] Re: [resource-policy] AfriNIC Policy
Proposal: IPv6ProviderIndependent (PI) Assignment for End-Sites<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<div id=idOWAReplyText47537>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear
Vincent,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>I'd like to discuss something may be get benefits of all suggestions
regarding PI assignment, What about dedicating a /32 for PI assignments, and
each PI is /48 , so we have 2 to the power 16 PI assignments (i.e. 65536 /48 PI
blocks). AfriNIC provide services for Africa Continent which contains
about 55 countries. So if we divide PI blocks equally over countries we find
that each country will have more than 1190 PI blocks, "Is it enough for
each country" ? to know the answer we can have a look on the number of
IPv4 PI assignments for each country in database (keeping in mind that /48 IPv6
block has addresses more more than /24 IPv4). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then we can make all /48 PI assignments from a dedicated /32 block and in
same time we can arrange for a serial /48 blocks for each country and inside
each country we can keep a guard band for each PI assignment in case of future
growth. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Haitham..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>
<hr size=2 width="100%" align=center>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:rpd-bounces@afrinic.net">rpd-bounces@afrinic.net</a> on behalf
of Vincent Ngundi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tue 3/13/2007 3:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Resource Policy Discussion List<br>
<b>Cc:</b> AfriNIC Policy Working Group List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AfriNIC-rpd] Re: [resource-policy] AfriNIC Policy Proposal:
IPv6ProviderIndependent (PI) Assignment for End-Sites<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi
All, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Below
is a summary of the above policy as per the discussions we have had so far.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>So
far, we have the following arguments:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(a)
Andrew Levin <span class=apple-tab-span> </span>(30.01.2007)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>proposed
that we should not assign prefixes < /48 due to concerns about the global
routing table<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(b)
Frank Habitcht <span class=apple-tab-span> </span>(30.01.2007)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>was
in agreement that there was need for PI assignments < /48 especially in the
case of IXP's since the prefix would not appear in the global routing table.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(c)
Mark Elkins<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>(01.02.2007)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Suggested
that each /48 assignment should be made from a unique /32 (which should be
preserved to accommodate growth)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From
the above points:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(b)
above seems to have outweighed (a) above and as such we should allow for the
assignment prefixes < /48 as per the draft.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>as
for (c) above, organisations which require >= /32 should become an LIR.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>In
conclusion, it seems that the draft policy should remain as it is.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Currently
statistics:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>*
Yea (those in support of the policy)<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>:<span
class=apple-tab-span> </span>6<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>*
Nay (those _not in support of the policy)<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>:<span
class=apple-tab-span> </span>1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Finally,
I wish to encourage more members of the community to give their views on this
policy, or at least indicate whether they are in favour of it or not.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Abuja
is only 5 weeks away!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-v<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On
Jan 30, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Andrew Alston wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Vincent,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:#1F497D'>I’m ok with all of this except for the following:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>*
The intial provider independent assignment size to an end-site should be a /48,
or a shorter/longer prefix if the end-site can justify it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m happy with /48s, I’m even happier with
bigger blocks, but there should *<b>NEVER</b>* be a situation where the block
is smaller than this in the global routing tables. If the blocks can ever
be smaller than /48 in size it is going to create major BGP filtering headaches.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Can this wording be clarified?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Many Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Andrew Alston</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>TENET – Chief Technology Officer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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