Re: IP allocations...

[Mark Prior <mrp () mrp net>]

At 12:45 AM +0000 4/11/01, Joshua Goodall wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 07:24:29AM -0500, Rich Sena wrote:
>
> >  What is everyone using for subdelegating IPv4 space internally - looking
> >  for an *ease of use* tool - something that would require low maintenance
>  > and can be delegated to entry-level NOC staff...
>
> I would be cautious about handing your address-space management to
> entry-level staff.  It is more than a trivial bookkeeping function.
> Institute an auditing/sanity-check process.
I agree. It is not all that difficult to build such a system but 
making sure the people using it properly understand what information 
they need from the customer to ensure that the assignment is properly 
justified is another matter. I don't think this is a task for entry 
level NOC staff where churn might be high and understanding low. They 
are probably also not that good at telling the customer no, they are 
more interested in the customer going away (happy).

Mark.
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