Hi, On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 05:14:23PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
What exactly are The Rules with respect to IPv4 address block allocations? What does one need to show, exactly, in order to either get or, more importantly, to keep, say, a /21 ?
"nothing you can present to the RIPE NCC will give you a /21 of IPv4 space". IPv4 has run out, and we're in the last /8 policy - which means "if you are a member (LIR) and present the need for a single IPv4 address, you will get a /22, no more, no less", and this /22 is only given out *once* per LIR. To keep it, you have to pay your LIR fees, be truthful about the stuff in your contract (company details etc), and don't let a judge convict you for a crime.
Assume for the sake of argument that I received a /21 from some RIPE LiR one year ago. Assume that I never put _anything_ in it. Assume that RIPE NCC "audits" me. What happens, exactly?
If you got the /21 *from a LIR*, you will not be audited, because you're not dealing with the NCC. If you *are* a LIR, and as that LIR have received a /21, the NCC will try to ensure that whatever you registered is OK - if you have never registered anything, nothing will happen, unless they find lies in your contractual information (company doesn't exist, etc.) - in *that* case they will close down the LIR and take back the space. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279