All, On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 06:01:54PM +0100, Filiz Yilmaz wrote:
PDP Number: 2007-08 Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources
This policy mostly makes sense to me. One thing I'm not sure about is this: LIRs that receive a re-allocation from another LIR cannot re-allocate complete or partial blocks of the same address space to another LIR within 24 months of receiving the re-allocation. Is this to prevent IP address speculation and the accompanying boom/bust cycles? (Sorry if I missed a prior discussion about this, the thread surrounding the previous version was long and meandering.) This is reasonable, but I think it might be better to simply state: Complete or partial blocks of the same address space cannot be re-allocated within 24 months of a re-allocation. Otherwise there is a difference between "bought" and "leased"(*) space (permanent and non-permanent re-allocation), since space that is re-allocated on a temporary basis can be re-allocated by the *original* LIR at any time. Not a big deal. I support the policy either with or without this change. -- Shane (*) I know the RIRs shy away from such terms for various reasons mostly to do with fear of government involvement, but I propose we choose to be brave and use the terminology that best matches intuition.