On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:02:56PM +0000, Simon Lockhart wrote:
If I create "Company A", then want more IPs, so ask my friend to create "Company B", who registers as an LIR, then I agree with my friend to merge Company B into Company A, then RIPE have no way to detect and/or enforce this.
You don't have to ask a friend. You can create and own as many limited companies as you like (at least in most jurisdictions) And if you do hit a limit, have a few more in a different one. Hence this "one LIR per entity" thing is going to make life more difficult for the "law-abiding" member while crating, at best, a minor stumbling block for someone abusive with sufficient incentive.
IPv4 has run out. There are ways to get more than you've currently got (i.e. the open market), but if you're building your business plan on persuading RIPE to give you more IPv4 addresses, either by 'bending' existing policy, or by expecting the policy to change, then your business plan is broken.
Well, the speculators are gambling on that they can extract some money while IPv4 is still worth something, so the best plan is to make it worthless ASAP. rgds, Sascha Luck