[6bone] pTLA request NDSOFTWARE - review closes 23 October 2002

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 10:49:50PM +0200, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> getting that space. Notez bien that even RIPE can't request space from
> thereselves as they are not a LIR. Odd rules in a odd world.

The rules are not that odd.  

The RIPE NCC network is not "special" in any way requiring their own /32.

If we have rules that deny "normal companies" their /32 and urge them
to go to their upstreams, this rule has to be applied to all (!) 
end sites equally.  From a network perspective, the RIPE NCC is an
*end site*.  They are not an ISP, they don't do *LIR* functions, so
they don't qualify for an sTLA - and technicallywise, they don't *need*
one either.

Gert Doering
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