Re: [sig-policy] Fwd: Re: two proposals for address policy sig

["Arano, Takashi" <takashi@arano.jp>]

Philip,

Thank you for your explanation. Things make sense to me now.

Regards,
Takashi Arano

At 19:27 02/08/21, Philip Smith wrote:
>At 16:31 21/08/2002 +0900, Arano, Takashi wrote:
>>Phillip, Geoff,
>>
>>At 11:20 02/08/11, Arano, Takashi wrote:
>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>>>Experimental Internet Resource Assignments
>>>>
>>>>With the deployment of new services and new technologies on the 
>>>>Internet (for example, IPv6), there is a requirement for many 
>>>>organisations at the forefront of this technology push to receive 
>>>>Internet Resources on a temporary basis so that they can develop their 
>>>>technologies without being encumbered by the current commercial 
>>>>production model of Internet Resource assignments and allocations.
>>>>
>>>>This proposal discusses the criteria for assignment of Internet 
>>>>Resources to entities requiring temporary Internet Resources for a fixed period.
>>>>-----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>I have two questions.
>>
>>I  wonder what cases and/or examples this rule would apply for.
>
>It would apply to experimental work which required Internet Resources. 
>For example, IPv6 experimental networks, the 4 byte AS transition, or any 
>other experiment which the IETF (or other standards organisation) wishes 
>to undertake. I think that point was explained in the paper.
>
>It's hard to give examples of future things we don't know about. The 
>basic premise of the proposal is that the registry system should be 
>handling all Internet Resource allocations and assignments (given that 
>they handle the routable Internet Resource assignments within their system 
>at the moment).
>
>>Even now, temporal assignment for events, time-limited experiments,
>>or something like these is possible in APNIC, as far as I believe.
>>Do you intend to just clarify these?
>
>I've never heard of APNIC assigning any Internet Resources for 
>time-limited experiments. They have no policy to do that, as far as I 
>know. Do you have examples - that would be useful for completeness sake. 
>It's possible to get a temporary assignment for a conference. APRICOT 2002 
>was such an example - we received temporary IPv4 and IPv6 address space, 
>and an ASN for the conference; those resources were returned at the end of 
>the conference.
>
>Hope this makes more sense,
>
>philip
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