[address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Policy Proposal (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

On 23-okt-2007, at 12:26, Gert Doering wrote:

> It is envisioned that this market is going to happen, whether we like
> it or not, and there is not much we can do against it.

> But in the case that this *is* going to happen, we would very much  
> prefer
> to have accurate records on who is holding the address space - and  
> this
> proposal is trying to build the basis for this.

Once it becomes possible to sell address space we can kiss any chance  
of any of the legacy space coming back goodbye. Even the slightest  
step in this direction can be very harmful.

I don't see the need to make things easier for people who do things  
that they aren't supposed to do. If I "lend" some of my address space  
to someone else, why should I be spared the inconvencience of being  
contacted when an issue comes up with the use of that space?  
Presumably, I remember who I lended the address space to, and if not,  
it's hard to hide in the routing table.