21 Sep
2006
21 Sep
'06
3:28 p.m.
Hi Per, On 21 Sep 2006, at 4:17GMT+02:00, Per Heldal wrote: [...]
What the immediate upstream may think would be irrelevant. *If* there is *ever* consensus within the RIPE community to have the NCC reclaim blocks, there would have to be mechanisms in place to enforce the decision. That would most probably involve a quarantine period for reclaimed prefixes during which transit providers in the region would be asked to black-hole the space.
We always 'quarantine' address space when it is returned to us. Allocations from about 65 LIRs have been returned so far this year. Regards, -- leo vegoda Registration Services Manager RIPE NCC