On 14 April 2012 00:52, Milton L Mueller <mueller@syr.edu> wrote:
[Milton L Mueller] But that is precisely the crux of the problem we are facing. If you think it's hard to get a single coherent policy through one RIR/state, trying getting one through 5, especially when the incentives of the members of the different territorial communities diverge. Territorially exclusive RIRs are very similar in structure and incentives to territorially sovereign states, and defining a single, uniform policy for inter-RIR transfers is very much like negotiating a trade treaty.
In short, I think a global policy should completely supplant the regional/territorial policy.
... but what required is not a single policy globally but rather 5 (actually you would technically need more for the NIR that exist) policies that interoperate. How they do this depends on the RIRs to decide for themselves: 1. Afrinic - "We do not support inter RIR transfers" 2. ARIN - "We support transfers to RIRs where there is a policy that exists to support the reverse" 3. RIPE - "We've not decided so until then they are not supported" etc All these policies are interoperable, its only where they don't mesh that there is a problem. RIPE needs a policy (even if the policy is "we don't support this") and then other regions can get their policy to match up, I hope that the policy that is about to be released to this list (with other authors) can solve this problem. J -- James Blessing 07989 039 476