FAQ: Legacy Internet Resources

You can send an email to [email protected] mentioning the reg-id of your LIR and your legacy IP block(s) and/or AS Number(s).  The RIPE NCC will then guide you through the process.

You have four different options:You can become a member of the RIPE NCC and have access to RIPE NCC membership servicesYou can bring your legacy Internet resources under a sponsoring LIRYou can opt to enter a non-member service contract with the RIPE NCCYou can update the registry data of your legac

Yes you can, by contacting [email protected]. This returned address space will be added to our available pool and distributed according to the current IPv4 policy.

Yes. Legacy space can be converted to a status of “as it had been distributed by the RIPE NCC”. This action is irreversible. If you are an LIR with legacy space, you can convert it to Allocated PA or Assigned PI space. If you are a legacy holder and you have registered your legacy space with a spons

No. Registered legacy space will not be related to your current IPv4 allocations and will not affect a possible request for an IPv4 allocation in any way.

For information on costs, please refer to the Billing Procedure.

If you are the maintainer of the corresponding objects, please update them as soon as possible. If you are not the maintainer of the corresponding objects  then please send an email to [email protected] and we will get in touch with you.

Yes. Legacy Internet resources can be transferred within the RIPE NCC service region. The RIPE NCC can help by updating the registration information in the RIPE Registry to reflect the new holder of the legacy Internet resources, as long as it is clear who the legitimate holder is. Due diligence is

Yes. "Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources" has been implemented and you can check out the Inter-RIR Transfers page for more information.

The RIPE Registry is comprised of the following: The public RIPE Database (whois) The internal records that the RIPE NCC maintains, which contains information about the legitimate holder of Internet number resources distributed in the RIPE NCC service region. You can read more about the background