[address-policy-wg] 2007-08 Review Period extended until 9 July 2008 (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

Jay,

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:16:15AM +0100, Jay Daley wrote:
> Is that really it?  In which case let's call this policy change for
> what it really is - it is scrapping the allocation policy in order
> to protect the usage policy.  It is not giving RIPE NCC any control
> over the market.  All it does is retain RIPE NCC control over the
> use of addresses after they have left the market and go into use.

Yes, and this is a good thing.

Imagine that I run a network. How do you propose I prove to my peers
that I am the one, unique user of a given address prefix without the
RIR system (or some other equivalent centralized accounting system) in
place?

--
Shane