<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">As a point of information, other regions by and large have a maximum prefix length of /24 specified for transfers. This is the maximum practical length in most cases due to routing issues anyway, so in practice absent a maximum prefix length, I think it would be unlikely to result in longer than /24s being transferred in any meaningful or useful way.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My personal opinion as regards the transfer policy is that it is illogical to require entire blocks, but that a requirement to transfer in bit-aligned prefix block(s) is reasonable.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 21, 2017, at 05:48 , Mark Tinka <<a href="mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu" class="">mark.tinka@seacom.mu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/Jul/17 14:21, Ernest wrote:</div>
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<pre wrap="" class="">All,
As we implement the "IPv4 Resources transfer within the AFRINIC
Region" policy - a quick clarification is sought from authors (and
community) on whether a transfer can be partial - or must be the
entire block as allocated/assigned.
For example, if a LIR is allocated a /17, can the LIR opt to
transfer a /22 out of the /17?
This is not clearly indicated in the proposal:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1969-ipv4-resources-transfer-within-the-afrinic-region">http://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/1969-ipv4-resources-transfer-within-the-afrinic-region</a></pre>
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While a bit of diligence will be required to properly keep records
of IRR data, I think it would be okay to allow LIR's to make partial
transfers. Not doing this makes it an all-or-nothing scenario, which
sort of challenges the need for the policy itself.<br class="">
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I'm not sure whether we want to include any language that determines
the maximum length that can be transferred, as part of this policy,
in order to maintain some level of control on routing table
pollution.<br class="">
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Mark.<br class="">
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