Shane, nobody at all said what you're saying. Not even RFG, funnily enough. And if you want policy proposals, please do let me know what you think about some concrete proposals that have emerged from all this argument and ad hominem 1. Closing the allocation window / giving LIRs less leeway in approvals [so there should be no difference in submitting a request through a LIR, or through the RIR] 2. Increasing accuracy in whois (including the descr: field) <- note, I am not saying "structure to a freeform field", just seeing that it matches the justification paperwork and its use and maybe a third - 3. Maybe some way to weed out bogus LIRs, tighten the process of new LIR creation [or simply get rid of the entire LIR concept?] --srs On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org> wrote:
As far as I can tell, the desire is to make it against the policies to send spam from RIPE NCC address space. I find it incredibly frustrating that nobody will actually just say that. :)
I think it will be very, very difficult to create such a policy. But I am certainly willing to help anyone willing to make an attempt. What I have not seen is any attempt, but rather complaints because it has not been done.
If I'm missing the point and there is actually something else going on, please someone clue me in!
If I am not missing the point, and the actual request is for an anti-spam policy, then someone please propose something!
-- Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)