Jimmy, On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:14 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > A RFC1918 network is not a "normal" network; and this is not a > renumbering in the same manner as a renumbering from public IP space > to new public IP space.
I'll admit I haven't been following ARIN policy making for some time. Can you point to the ARIN policy that makes this distinction? > In other words: What is the technical justification that all those > rfc1918 addressed hosts suddenly need to be moved immediately, and > not over a normal allocation time frame for new public networks? I used RFC 1918 space as an example. A more likely scenario is needing to renumber out of recently allocated squat space (particularly in situations where RFC 1918 is not an alternative). > That means the RIR has to establish that the criterion is good enough. > "I have a rfc1918 /16 that I use, so give me a public /16, please" > is not good enough. > > That would essentially provide a backdoor around normal RIR justified > need policy, if it were allowed...... Hmm. If one makes the assumption that the (1918/squat) address space is being used in an efficient manner and there is a business/technical requirement to renumber that space into public space, I would have thought the acceptance of justification would depend more on the business/technical requirement, not the fact that 1918/squat space is being used. Regards, -drc
