Re: filtering /48 is going to be necessary

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Mar 9, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Leo Vegoda wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sander wrote:
>
> > Splitting the allocation can be done for many reasons. There are known cases where one LIR operates multiple 
> > separate networks, each with a separate routing policy. They cannot get multiple allocations from the RIR and they 
> > cannot announce the whole allocation as a whole because of the separate routing policies (who are sometimes required 
> > legally, for example when an NREN has both a commercial and an educational network).
>
> If they have two different routing policies and need two different allocations, why not just have two different LIRs? 
> It makes things a lot easier than spending untold weeks or time trying to work out which corner cases should be 
> supported by policy and which should not. No?
>
> Leo


This may depend on where you are. Being two LIRs in the ARIN region requires setting up two complete legal entities 
which is a lot of overhead to carry for just that purpose.

Owen