On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 05:05:01PM +0000, Erik Bais wrote:
Have a look in the database .. take for instance : the ORG ID's that start with : ORG-NGSL<insert number here between 3 to 27>-RIPE
Each is their own LIR ... each has requested a /22 ... 23 entries in total ... (http://pastebin.com/tZvm3WhU )
Interesting. At a cost of ~EUR83,000 (at 2015 rates) that is some expensive ipv4 space. /18 + /19 if I calculate correctly.
This is a very clear example that it is not a single occurrence of creating just an LIR extra, but a planned and executed setup, that was not in line with the intent of the policy of the final /8 policy.
Pretty blatant, granted. I wonder (and worry), however, just how far the "intent" of a policy -made, theoretically, by anyone with and internet connection- can be allowed to reach into how members can conduct their business? Especially if this is affecting the affairs of 12k members in order to allay some fears that someone might abuse the rules to ration the last scraps of a legacy protocol. The next obvious loophole is that one could create a dozen limited companies (depending on the jurisdiction this is an exercise in bureaucracy rather than very expensive) and open one LIR each, then one "buys" all the others. Will this, then, be banned too? Any other restrictions on what legal form a LIR can take or what business transactions are allowed? I would like to know what to plan for and whether to even stay in the Internet business. rgds, Sascha Luck