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

What will be later, when there will be no free IPv4 address space?

First, the "black market", where companies sell address space each
other, but not make changes in RIPE BD.
Second (later?), address space as the valuable resource will be sold
together with companies it owns, like sometimes it happens with radio
frequency licenses. This will mostly happens with PI space.

It is really worst than clear market, isn't it?

Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> 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.
> 


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WBR,
Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253 at FIDO)