17 May
1998
17 May
'98
7:26 a.m.
Karl Denninger writes: | Used previous allocation in < 3 months = Add 2 bits to the size | (ie: Used a /19 in > 3 months, get a /17 next time) | | Used previous allocation in < 6 months = Add 1 bit to the size | (ie: Used a /19 in < 6 months, get a /18 next time) | | Used previous allocation >= 6 months, <= 1 years = Same size | | Used previous allocation >= 1 year = Decrease one bit size UNLESS | you were at a /19, in which case we give you another /19 | ... | So we just got Mr. Big on the net - completely - with less than a half-dozen | announcements. This RIPE-like scheme is an extremely good one, and it would be a fantastic idea for ARIN to continue evolving towards an allocation policy very much like this. Sean.