[address-policy-wg] Is the final /8 the correct term ? - semi off track to the 2013-03 discussion..

* Hans Petter Holen

>     and once the first RIR reaches below
>     > their /9 mark of their final /8 … from my understanding it is , that
>     > also that space is going to be allocated to the RIR’s .
>     >
>     > Also there will be reclaimed space from 2007-01 and closing LIR’s
>     > (forced or by people their own decision) and also that space all goes
>     > back into the same pool.
> 
>     Both these statements are correct.
> 
> Is it really?

Demonstrably so. You confirmed yourself that there is currently
reclaimed address space in the IANA pool (19,104,768 addresses to be
exact), and according to the delegated file there are currently 933,832
returned/reclaimed addresses in the NCC's possession.

> If we remove the needs based criteria will it then be returned to the
> NCC or put up for sale?

Needs based criteria is irrelevant here, as selling LIRs are not
subjected to any form of need evaluation. If an LIR is closing down in a
controlled manner (i.e., not forcibly by the NCC), it may choose to put
its allocations up for sale or to return them to the NCC.

(PI assignments, OTOH, have nowhere to go except back to the NCC.)

Tore