[address-policy-wg] Revised 2007-01 moved back to Review Period (Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC)

On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 16:43 -0700, Jeffrey A. Williams wrote:
> Florian and all,
> 
>   I for one agree with your conclusion.  I do have a question.
> Whom is doing the policing of RIPE's PI space/routing?
> Is that ICANN/IANA or is such policing done at all?  Or
> are the LIR's supposed to do such policing themselves without
> oversight?

Policing is not so important in a regime where the reward for good
behaviour is better than what can be achieved by breaking the rules. The
community isn't big on penalties. That's why we're struggling so hard to
avoid a situation that forces us to use a stick once we're out of
carrots.


//per