RE: [hm-staff] Re: [lir-wg] Discussion about RIPE-261

["Michel Py" <]

>>> Michel Py wrote:
>>> I don't know how to parse this? All RIRs have the concept of LIR?
 
>> Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
>> Well in one way or the other - yes. But every-time I use the
>> term LIR in Asia or the US people get confused and I get told that
>> there is no such thing as a LIR in APNIC/LACNIC/ARIN.

> Anne Lord wrote:
> Just for the record...
> The term LIR is used in the APNIC region and is documented
> in the APNIC IPv4 policy document in Section 4.1.3.
> http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/add-manage-policy.html

Just for the record too...
The acronym LIR is also used and documented by ARIN at the link below
and in many other documents (do a search on the main page...)
http://www.arin.net/policy/ipv6_policy.html
If my memory is correct, the IPv6 policy quoted above is actually common
to all RIRs.

Michel.