[address-policy-wg] [Ticket#2014081101013263] Transfer from last /8

On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, Andre Keller wrote:

> But, I'm afraid the market will do these transfers anyway. And if these 
> transfers happen I'd rather have them supervised and tracked by RIPE.

I agree completely. Introducing a policy like this is just hand-waving, 
it's not enforcable.

Also, can we please stop trying to squeeze blood and fairness out of the 
IPv4 stone? We know it's not fair, but as far as I can tell, nothing has 
changed the past 3-5 years so let's just leave the policy as-is. I want 
for RIPE to keep the database correct and to have as little other work and 
administration as possible with IPv4.

The only way to make more IPv4 addresses available on the market to the 
people who need them is to create a working transfer market with money 
involved. Yes, this is unfair but so is the fact that I currently live in 
an apartment that cost 0.3% of current market value to buy in 1961 when it 
was originally built.

Let's make sure we have a liquid IPv4 address market so people who need 
addresses short term can get them directly from others without creating 
huge hassles which only means specialists (brokers) can profit from it.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se