Re: RIRs give out unique addresses (Was: something has a /8! ...)

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

not how i read that section Owen...  

"...networks require interconnectivity and the private IP address numbers are
 ineffective, globally unique addresses may be requested and used to provide this interconnectivity."

One does not have to request RFC 1918 space from ARIN (or other RIR) 

and the NRPM is mute on legacy address assignments wrt "connectivity".

/bill


On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 07:32:17PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> I believe that this section of NRPM says no.
>
> 4.3.5. Non-connected Networks
>
> End-users not currently connected to an ISP and/or not planning to be connected to the Internet are encouraged to use 
> private IP address numbers reserved for non-connected networks (see RFC 1918). When private, non-connected networks 
> require interconnectivity and the private IP address numbers are ineffective, globally unique addresses may be 
> requested and used to provide this interconnectivity.
>
> Owen
>
> On Sep 20, 2012, at 7:56 AM, "Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund () medline com> wrote:
>
> > I suppose that ARIN would say that they do not guarantee routability
> > because they do not have operational control of Internet routers.
> > However, Wouldn't you say that there is a very real expectation that
> > when you request address space through ARIN or RIPE that it would be
> > routable?  I would think that what ARIN and RIPE are really saying is
> > that they issue unique addresses and you need to get your service
> > provider to route them. FWIW, the discussion of the military having
> > addresses pulled back is pretty much a non-starter unless they want to
> > give them back.  When the management of IP address space was moved from
> > the US DoD, there were memorandums of understanding that the military
> > controlled their assigned address space and nothing would change that.
> > I know this for a fact because I was around this discussion in the US
> > Air Force.
> >
> > Steven Naslund
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Curran [mailto:jcurran () arin net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 9:40 AM
> > To: Jeroen Massar
> > Cc: NANOG list
> > Subject: Re: RIRs give out unique addresses (Was: something has a /8!
> > ...)
> >
> > On Sep 20, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Jeroen Massar <jeroen () unfix org>
> > wrote:
> > > On 2012-09-20 16:01 , John Curran wrote:
> > > > It's very clear in the ARIN region as well.  From the ARIN Number 
> > > > Resource Policy Manual (NRPM), 
> > > > <https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#four11> -
> > > >
> > > > "4.1. General Principles 4.1.1. Routability Provider independent
> > > > (portable) addresses issued directly from ARIN or other Regional 
> > > > Registries are not guaranteed to be globally routable."
> > >
> > > While close, that is not the same.
> > >
> > > The RIPE variant solely guarantees uniqueness of the addresses.
> > >
> > > The ARIN variant states "we don't guarantee that you can route it 
> > > everywhere", which is on top of the uniqueness portion.
> >
> > Agreed - I called it out because ARIN, like RIPE, does not assert that
> > the address blocks issued are "publicly routable address space" 
> > (i.e. which was Tim Franklin's original statement, but he did not have
> > on hand the comparable ARIN reference for that point.)
> >
> > FYI,
> > /John