[address-policy-wg] 2006-05 New Policy Proposal (PI Assignment Size)

But this is nothing special imho,
the very same statement holds true for any space that as yet hadn't been
"in use" at all.

Bottom line: if there isn't a record to properly docment assignment to an end
site, then the use or routing of that address space is at least vey, very,
questionable(1).

But if you don't double-check - you'll never know ;-)
Wilfried.

(1) announcement of a full PA allocation as one route, covering as yet unassigned
    space, is an exception to this rule.

leo vegoda wrote:

> Hi Joao,
> 
> On 22 Sep 2006, at 10:19GMT+02:00, Joao Damas wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>>> We always 'quarantine' address space when it is returned to us.
>>>>> Allocations from about 65 LIRs have been returned so far this year.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And what will be if some totally mad person will announce that 
>>>> space and
>>>> will say "It's mine, not your!!!"? Can RIPE use some (which?)  force in
>>>> this case?
>>>
>>>
>>> The RIPE NCC has no authority over routing decisions taken by 
>>> network operators.
>>
>>
>> Though hopefully it will have public records for ISPs to see who  has
>> been assigned the IP block through the established process, right?
> 
> 
> If a network is announcing address space that has been returned to us 
> there will not be a registration for the specific prefix being 
> announced, just a registration for the allocation from which it is 
> 'taken'.
> 
> Regards,
>