Re: [lisp] WG Last Call on draft-ietf-lisp-eid-block-mgmnt-02

[Brian Haberman <[e-mail]>]

Hi Marc,

On 10/8/14 2:15 PM, Marc Binderberger wrote:
> Hello Joel, authors and lisp list,
> 
> while I think the document is overall reasonably written it has one problem: 
> it's bound to an proposed EID address block that has no guaranteed end of 
> life.
> 
> If this experiment would clearly terminate after 3+3 years then I would say 
> it's good to go. It's not the way the RIRs have written their documents but I 
> think that's okay for a experiment and a 6 year time frame. But the proposals 
> allow the requested /32 EID block to be turned into something permanently. 
> For a permanent EID block it's reasonable to assume the RIRs deal with the 
> allocation/assignment work ([1]) and then the document would need more 
> alignment with RIR policy documents. A simple example would be the language, 
> "allocation" is used throughout while "assignment" is only mentioned in the 
> Introduction. I checked both ARIN and RIPE and it's clearly defined there. 
> It's also going too far in telling IANA to not have a regional policy.
> 
> 
> So in short (and in all honesty): not feeling comfortable with the document 
> in the context of a potential permanent impact of the document.
> 

The eid-block draft (section 6,
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-lisp-eid-block-09#section-6)
discusses the transition to a degree if the allocation were to become
permanent.

The brief discussions I have had with RIR folks is that they would
expect allocations out of this address block to be managed by RIRs if it
were to become permanent.

Regards,
Brian

> 
> Regards, Marc
> 
> [1]: if the proposal is to have finally an additional authority beside the 
> RIRs for address allocation then I would reject the proposal. 
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> On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:14:16 -0400, Joel M. Halpern wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> The work on the draft-ietf-lisp-eid-block-mgmnt-02 seems done and the 
>> authors requested a work group last call.
>>
>> This email starts a 14 day WG last call, to end CoB PDT October 22, 2014.
>>
>> You will find the document here:
>> http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-lisp-eid-block-mgmnt-02.txt
>>
>> Please review this WG document.  Let the working group know if you agree 
>> that it is ready for handing to the AD, or if you see issues with it. If 
>> you see issues, please be as specific as possible about the problems, and 
>> if possible suggest text to resolve them.
>>
>> Yours,
>> Joel
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