Hi Aftab, > IXPs can seek an assignment of up to a /23 or current highest allocation size > provided they can provide justification
Yes, this will address concerns for resource delegations in economies where there is a likely chance a /23 will be required. In relation to economies with low numbers of peers, the reason I refer to it as discrimination is that according to the delegation criteria for IXPs, it states that the global routability of the delegation is left to the discretion of the IXP and its participants (ref: https://www.apnic.net/get-ip/get-ip-addresses-asn/). As we know, anything greater than a /24 (i.e. /25) is not globally routable, therefore it prevents IXPs in smaller economies from being able to route their IXP delegation if they wish to do so. It would be considered unreasonable to allow economies that have justifications of a /24 or larger to route their delegations, whereas those with a /25 or smaller cannot. We would either need to restrict all IXPs from globally routing their delegations, or continue to allow IXPs from smaller economies to obtain a /24 (at most). Regards, Christopher H. _______________________________________________ SIG-policy - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
