Supporting Notes for the IPv4 Additional Allocation Request Form Filiz Yilmaz Bican, Emma Bretherick, Laura Cobley Document ID: ripe-314 Date: 26 April 2004 Obsoletes: ripe-277 See also: ripe-313 _________________________________________________________________ Contents Introduction Supporting Notes for the Request Form Templates Example References Introduction This document contains instructions for completing the 'IPv4 Additional Allocation Request Form'. It is a tool for gathering the information necessary to evaluate the request and to ensure that the same guidelines are applied to each request. Where necessary, the RIPE NCC will ask for additional information. The 'IPv4 Additional Allocation Request Form' can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/add-allocation.html You should use this form if you have already received an IPv4 allocation and about 80% of it has been used in valid IPv4 assignments registered in the RIPE Database. Supporting Notes for the Request Form Templates #[GENERAL INFORMATION]# request-type: ipv4-add-alloc form-version: 1.1 x-ncc-regid: Please do not alter the value of the 'request-type' or 'form-version' fields. The Registry Identifier (RegID) must be included in every message sent to . It is used to identify the Local Internet Registry (LIR). It has the following format: . Warning: Requests sent to the RIPE NCC that lack a proper RegID (x-ncc-regid) will bounce back to the sender. #[REQUESTER TEMPLATE]# % % Please enter the details of the person at your Local % Internet Registry (LIR) who is submitting this request. name: phone: fax-no: e-mail: nic-hdl: A nic-handle (nic-hdl) is a unique identifier for a person or a role object. It is generated by the database when creating the object. It has the following format: [number]-RIPE For example: HOHO15-RIPE More information can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/databaseref-manual.html #[INSERT SUPPLEMENTAL COMMENTS]# % % Please add any supplementary information that you think % may facilitate the evaluation of this request below. You may use this area/space for any additional comments you feel are important and did not fit within the previous templates. #[END of REQUEST]# Please insert your signature in plain text (with your full name) after the above header. The Robot will not process any information included here. Example #[GENERAL INFORMATION]# request-type: ipv4-add-alloc form-version: 1.1 x-ncc-regid: nn.santa #[REQUESTER TEMPLATE]# % % Please enter the details of the person at your Local % Internet Registry (LIR) who is submitting this request. name: Santa Claus phone: +999 555 5555 fax-no: +999 555 5556 e-mail: santa.claus@nowhere.nn nic-hdl: HOHO15-RIPE #[INSERT SUPPLEMENTAL COMMENTS]# % % Please add any supplementary information that you think % may facilitate the evaluation of this request below. Please note that the network 'POLAR-CITY' was originally approved as 'POLARCITY'. Please update your internal files accordingly. #[END of REQUEST]# Best Regards, Santa Claus Network Administrator Santa's Workshop Inc. References IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies in the RIPE NCC Service Region http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies.html RIPE Database Reference Manual http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/databaseref-manual.html Smallest RIPE NCC Allocation / Assignment Sizes http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/smallest-alloc-sizes.html RIPE NCC LIR Portal https://lirportal.ripe.net/