[address-policy-wg] late conciliatory response to 2014-03

On 19/01/2015 02:28, Aleksi Suhonen wrote:
> Is there someone in this community that feels they should be completely
> free, no matter how many you have?

we all want a free lunch.

> I'd like to offer some more food for thought. These are not realistic
> suggestions, but I hope they will close the gap between the two debating
> sides:
> 
> How many ASNs can a LIR get using one email or one click on the RIPE
> portal? My understanding is that even after 2014-03 is implemented, the
> answer will be one(1).

(End Users, not just LIRs.)

> After that email/click, the LIR will go through the Process. I don't think
> any amount of policy simplification will reduce the work required per
> Process Instance at both the LIR and the RIR below two minutes.
> In the crypto(slash)security community this is called the proof-of-work
> system.
[example deleted]

this certainly creates work for the applicant, possibly enough to slow down
the process of ASN acquisition.  It also creates work for the RIPE NCC and
someone needs to pay the RIPE NCC bills both to develop and to operate the
system.  This cost will be borne by the LIRs and as a LIR, I'm not much
keen on funding this sort of thing.

Also the proposal doesn't include any sort of garbage collection mechanism.
 In a situation where we face short-term depletion of the resource, this is
important.

Nick