ARIN allocating /20 netblocks?
Sean M. Doran
smd at clock.org
Sun May 17 11:26:45 UTC 1998
Karl Denninger writes:
| Used previous allocation in < 3 months = Add 2 bits to the size
| (ie: Used a /19 in > 3 months, get a /17 next time)
|
| Used previous allocation in < 6 months = Add 1 bit to the size
| (ie: Used a /19 in < 6 months, get a /18 next time)
|
| Used previous allocation >= 6 months, <= 1 years = Same size
|
| Used previous allocation >= 1 year = Decrease one bit size UNLESS
| you were at a /19, in which case we give you another /19
|
...
| So we just got Mr. Big on the net - completely - with less than a half-dozen
| announcements.
This RIPE-like scheme is an extremely good one, and it would
be a fantastic idea for ARIN to continue evolving towards an
allocation policy very much like this.
Sean.
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