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

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.

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. 

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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