And likewise, if said hypothetical LIR obtained the same hypothetical /17 two years ago, and since that time has allocated it to a "customer" who then proceeded to fill it only with a single physical machine and on the order of 32,000 utterly phony baloney domain names, either for the purpose of snowshoe spamming or for the purpose of so-called "blackhat SEO", then there is nothing that anybody within RIPE, or within RIPE NCC, or anywhere in all the world either may or will do about that. Is that a correct interpretation of what you have said?
Yes. So basically, the idea that I had of having these kinds of cooks "audited" is utterly futile and pointless, yes?
OK. That's it. I'm outta here. I had hoped that something positive could be accomplished within this group but now I know that I was just deluding myself.
Thanks everybody. Take care. I wish you all a nice life. Address space is not some commodity that you (or anyone else) should assume to own. Instead of turning your focus towards LEGACY protocols,
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