[address-policy-wg] 2017-03 New Policy Proposal (Reducing Initial IPv4 Allocation, aiming to preserve a minimum of IPv4 space)

All,


On 21/09/2017 13:43, Marco Schmidt wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> A new RIPE Policy proposal, 2017-03, "Reducing Initial IPv4 Allocation,
> aiming to preserve a minimum of IPv4 space", is now available for discussion.
>
> The goal of this proposal is to reduce the IPv4 allocations made by the RIPE NCC
> to a /24 (currently a /22) and only to LIRs that have not received an IPv4 allocation
> directly from the RIPE NCC before.
>
> You can find the full proposal at:
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-03/
>
> As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this
> four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposer.
>
> At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposer, with the agreement of
> the RIPE Working Group Chairs, decides how to proceed with the proposal.

I oppose this proposal. There is a healthy trade in IP addresses which
doens't justify to prolong the suffering of these last /8 allocations

One of the pro's in the arguments:

'Opening multiple LIR accounts will be less attractive if this policy is
approved -- because each new LIR would get less IPv4 space for the same
amount of money. Thus, decreasing of the free IPv4 available pool is
likely to slow down.'

Seems to me this could be solved in a fairly easy different way and not
by handicapping new LIRs with other reasoning for becoming an LIR than
trading IPs. The 24 month transfer restriction could easily be extended
to 4 or maybe even 6 or 8 years. LIRs erected with other means than
trading IPs won't have a single problem with an extended transfer
restriction. So a change in RIPE-682 would be a better solution to
prevent opening multiple LIR accounts for trade.

Regards,

Jac