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Re: [hostmaster-staff] Re: MIR proposal / reservation revisited?

  • To: Michael van Elst < >
  • From: Gert Doering < >
  • Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 18:55:35 +0200
  • Cc: "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet" < >
Hi,

On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 05:38:53PM +0200, Michael van Elst wrote:
> until RIPE NCC requested to remove these records because it conflicted
> with their 'overlapping assignment validation'-tool. RIPE NCC never
> understood the reasoning behind the multi-level allocations and I
> still remember the fruitless discussions with RIPE hostmasters from
> that time.
> 
> I do not see the need to introduce new registry types or structures
> unless you believe that 'selling the right to assign IP addresses to
> entities down the hierarchy' is a valid reason.

But you just named a reason: to be able to document where a certain
network block "went to", and to document the allocation/assignment 
hierarchy in a transparent way without upsetting the NCC's tools.

Gert Doering
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