Thus spake "Jeff McAdams" <jeffm@iglou.com>
As for some specific policy points that I think are bogus. ... but specific situations, such as a desire to renumber out of PA space, should be considered much more strongly than it is currently.
Let me throw in one policy I've been wanting for years, which would fix most/all of Jeff's problems: RIRs should allow a member to voluntarily renumber several disparate allocations into a single prefix. The original allocations would be forfeit after a reasonable renumbering period, e.g. 6 months. If the member has at least one PI allocation, they should be allowed to combine it with PA allocations into a new, larger PI allocation. More importantly, a quick study in logic shows there should be no requirement for the existing space to meet RFC2050 requirements -- the space is already allocated. After the renumbering period there's no net damage to the IPv4 "shortage" since similar amounts of space would be assigned, but it would be a great help to the global routing system. S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking