As the policy shepherd, I’ll mention that the current silence on this creates ambiguity for ARIN staff, and clarity is needed.
The current proposal contains the following language: “Allocated addresses may … be used to operate *all* of the Internet Exchange’s infrastructure”. This implies the IXP’s public website, route servers/looking glasses, customer portals, and other corporate infrastructure may be numbered out of the 4.4 allocation. Is that the authors’ intent? If so, is the community in support? Thanks, -Chris > On Feb 24, 2025, at 13:38, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM Fernando Frediani <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Regarding the Internet Exchange allocations I normally don't see a big >> problem with routing part of the space that is used for other things other >> than the LAN (for example for User Portal, Looking Glass hosting, etc), but >> here comes a dilemma. >> Imagine the RIR have to assign an exclusive /24 for a new smaller IXP and >> they will have usage for only 4 or 5 IP addresses for hosting its basic >> stuff. That would be a major waste. And another /24 for the LAN which is >> fine. So an IXP would always consume a /23 while 50% is known to be probably >> wasted, unless properly justified. > > Hi Fernando, > > As I understand it, ARIN's implementation of section 4.4 doesn't treat > the marketing and business sides of the IXP as qualified for a > microallocation. I haven't explicitly asked staff, but it's kinda > implicit in the routing restriction reported in the PER. > > The 2024-5 draft is mute on that subject, so I expect the resulting > implementation would retain the understanding that the > business/marketing side of the IXP does not qualify for 4.4 addresses. > > What's the desired outcome? Should IXPs get preference for the > business components which don't need to be part of the peering LAN? > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William Herrin > [email protected] > https://bill.herrin.us/ > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
