Paul Jakma wrote:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
Hm, I would rather do this globally but maybe this is the way to go...
Geo-aggregation is something that stands its best chance of being implemented locally:
While I agree that any aggregation would happen locally, the overall allocation policy for a consistent geo approach needs to be done globally.
- the 'players' involved will be fewer - requirements for a workable policy will be easier to work out (and fewer conflicts between requirements) - there may be existing 'arbiter of last resort' (particularly at national levels) to resolve the inevitable conflicts.
Ie this may be best done even /below/ the RIR level (though, RIR agreement would be needed).
Still though, hard to see it happening without some acceptance by operators.
You are mixing issues here. A policy for assigning PI space is what ARIN can deal with. A deployment agreement about aggregating a collection of PI assignments is what operators can deal with. What needs to happen is to define a global mechanism for PI assignments such that it is possible to do aggregations when it becomes necessary. Any of the geo approaches allows aggregation of a high-density pocket without requiring aggregation of all pockets globally. In particular the approach I have been pursuing allows the definition of any aggregate to evolve and track population shifts over time. Tony