Re: [GLOBAL-V6] Comments on AP Consensus

[Gert Doering <gert@Space.Net>]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 09:05:46AM -0700, Michel Py wrote:
> As I pointed on some IETF lists, I find the LIR definition somehow inconsistent with RIR and NIR.
> If one was to follow the same logic, RIR, NIR and LIR would be similar (RIR assigns to NIR and LIR, NIR assigns to LIR) except for their scope:

There are no NIRs in RIPE land, only APNIC has that.

[..]
> Indeed, the logical definition for a LIR should be something like 
> "A provider-independent organization that assigns PI addresses to 
> end-user sites". 

This is similar to the definiton that Arano-san and I tried to bring
into the new policy document, to define "what is an LIR".

I do think, though, that you cannot make a LIR provider-independent, and
this should not be "PI" - we *want* aggregated routing, otherwise the
routing system *will* break.

[..]
> I brought this issue regarding the dissapearance of "TLA". It's a 
> matter of semantics, but I think that you should not call an operator 
> or ISP a "registry".

I agree, as those are not necessarily the same organization/people.  In
many cases there is overlap, though, and do think this is useful - after
all, the ISP knows his customer's network, so he should be the one
to decide upon a network request (and to aggregate it).

Gert Doering
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