Re: [address-policy-wg] 2006-05 New Policy Proposal (PI Assignment Size)

[leo vegoda leo@localhost]

Hi Per,

On 21 Sep 2006, at 4:17GMT+02:00, Per Heldal wrote:

[...]

> What the immediate upstream may think would be irrelevant. *If*  
> there is
> *ever* consensus within the RIPE community to have the NCC reclaim
> blocks, there would have to be mechanisms in place to enforce the
> decision. That would most probably involve a quarantine period for
> reclaimed prefixes during which transit providers in the region  
> would be
> asked to black-hole the space.
We always 'quarantine' address space when it is returned to us.  
Allocations from about 65 LIRs have been returned so far this year.
Regards,

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leo vegoda
Registration Services Manager
RIPE NCC