[afnog] 91.192/10 to be used for PI assignments to End Users

[leo vegoda]

Hi Brian,

Brian Candler wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 01:50:48PM +0200, leo vegoda wrote:
>> At recent RIPE Meetings, we have reported a steady rise in requests from
>> our members for Provider Independent (PI) address space for End User
>> networks. We have reclaimed and recycled space from closed Local
>> Internet Registries to meet this demand, but we are nearing the point
>> where the available PI space will run out.
> 
> Interesting. Out of interest, is there a document available which explains
> the criteria under which PI space may be requested by end users? Is it only
> those end-users who are BGP multihomed? What's the smallest allocation we
> will see out of this range?

There is no distinction between the criteria for PA and PI assignments 
in the IPv4 policy. The document to look at is on our web site, here:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies.html

There is no requirement to be multi-homed and there is no minimum 
assignment size. In theory you could see networks as small as /29 being 
announced. However, most organisation requesting PI network prefixes 
longer than /24 tend to use the addresses for private networks that need 
unique address space.

Regards,

-- 
leo vegoda
Registration Services Manager
RIPE NCC