[ipv6-wg at ripe.net] Re: New IPv6 Address Block Allocated to RIPE NCC

Hi,

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On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 11:00:34AM +0100, Vincent Gillet wrote:
> Hi Leo,
> 
> > The RIPE NCC received the IPv6 address range 2003:0000::/18
> > from the IANA in January 2005.
> 
> Yep, and 50% of this allocation as already been allocated to one LIR.
> 
> I am not used to see 50% of IANA block allocated to LIR, but i
> assume that it is new address-policy rules i was not aware of !

This is not "new rules" but "ICANN folly that we're in the process of
changing" (and this has taken far too long already).

Gert Doering
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