[address-policy-wg] Legal counsel on 2008-08 (Initial Certification Policy in the RIPE NCC Service Region)

On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 11:04:05PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote:
> It will take some time (it can be done in about 10 weeks) to do 
> this should the need ever occur, but as this is a last-resort exit
> strategy I think this is acceptable. Is this an acceptable solution 
> for everybody?

the absolute minimum I would accept is a sunset clause (ie the policy
will run to a fixed date (say 2 years away) and will not be in force 
unless explicitly prorogued thereafter)

> And I would really like to get a solution for this problem, because 
> I am much more afraid of IPv4 address space hijacks once the NCC 
> IPv4 pool runs out...

In my book that is an argument against it. Anything that prolongs 
the IPv4 pain, especially at the cost of having a censorship 
infrastructure imposed on *all* internet routing (not just v4)
can't be good...

rgds,
s.