[c-nsp] smaller PI

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 03:55:12PM +0300, Ziv Leyes wrote:
> That's weird,  "PI" stands for "provider independent". How can one 
> be independent with a non-routable IP range???

PI space can be used for things that are not on the global Internet but 
still need unique IP addresses (e.g. VPN rendevouz networks between large
enterprises).

There's a RIPE policy proposal on the table to change the minimum PI
assignment size to a /24 (if needed for routing reasons) - which didn't 
get consensus last round, but a new victim^Wproposer was^W volunteered 
and will now try to get consensus on it.

> Where did the "try to aggregate as much as possible" concept go to?

Now *that* has nothing whatsoever to do with the *size* of a PI chunk - 
PI is, by definition, not aggregateable, and a /24 PI will need the
same amount of TCAM space as a /8.

gert
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