Dear Nigel, RS Management, got a quick question about the procedure outlined below. On 7/13/16 2:41 PM, Nigel Titley wrote: [...]
The RIPE NCC has been working on an implementation plan since the GM. This plan has been put forward to make sure that the ability to open additional LIR accounts is in line with the spirit of RIPE Policy. The Executive Board has reviewed the plan and approved the following conditions being applied to additional LIR applications:
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2. Only one application will be processed at a time.
Members can only make an application for an additional LIR account when there is no other application being processed on their behalf. This aligns more closely with the spirit of the "Last /8" Policy. The RIPE NCC will be able to distribute the IPv4 resources more fairly. Operationally, this also allows the RIPE NCC to process the LIR account applications in a timely fashion.
Does this mean that only the application to open 2+ LIRs will be processed one at a time or also the requests for resources? I am asking this with the following scenario in my mind: Company A needs 4k IPs. They become member and then open 3 other LIR accounts. They then, once the 1 membership + 3 LIR accounts have been paid for, send 4 requests (one after the other in a very short period of time) for the /22s to the RIPE NCC with the intent to get 4 contiguous /22s (a /20 after 2 years - once they merge/consolidate the 4 LIRs into one). Considering that the policy still mentions 4 goals of the internet registry, one of which is aggregation: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-649#3 If one company sends 4 requests, one after the other, will the RIPE NCC respect this goal and allocate the 4 /22s in a contiguous block that can, after two years, be aggregated? - what if they open 64 LIRs and send 64 requests at the same time with the intent of receiving a /16? Or, will a second LIR be accepted - activated by the RIPE NCC - only once the previous one has been activated and has received the /22 ? Looking forward for an answer from the RIPE NCC on this matter. I have asked this question in Moscow at ENOG but the answer was not very clear. Regards, Elvis