On 14-11-20 12:43 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
Still, in the age of exhaustion the
building case against needs testing "should" also remove multi-homing
as a requirement to acquire your own address block so that you do not
have to constantly renumber or be captive. -Martin Hannigan
I personally would be more amenable to considering a policy change to
liberalize the requirements for getting a /24 if/when they're
available from the transfer market only.-Scott
Hi Martin and Scott,
Just to present the reminder that 2014-14 would answer here, as it
would provide the ability for entities in the sorts of situations
being discussed to purchase up to a /16 without a needs test on the
transfer market.
2014-14 presents a relief valve for ARIN members facing this issue,
and many other known and unforeseeable issues.
Transitioning to a paid market for addresses can only be expected to
create turbulent conditions.
It would be nice for members to know they have a outlet for exigent
circumstances built into policy.
Regards,
Mike
My understanding, and the premise on which I acquired a /24, was that
multihoming was, in and of itself, sufficient justification for a direct
assignment.
It's a multi-stage problem, IMHO:
1a) you can't get a /24 from your upstream if you can't justify the
usage [although upstreams are often lax on this rule]
1b) you can't get anything smaller than a /24 from ARIN
2) you can't successfully/usefully advertise or use anything smaller
than a /24
3) you typically can't successfully/usefully advertise ISP A's address
space (even when correctly delegated) via ISP B. Reasons for this vary
from technical (route aggregation &| filtering in large transit
networks) to contractual (thou shalt not...) to incompetent (ISP B
insists this isn't possible).
You'd think the incompetence-based reasons would weed themselves out
over time, but Canada doesn't exactly have a thriving competitive
marketplace for transport.
I haven't had time to review the policy (old and new), so I may be
basing all on incorrect assumptions. Hoping to make time to re-read
both current and past policy on Friday.
--
-Adam Thompson
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