[address-policy-wg] Easy to remember IP-address

Shane Kerr wrote:

> To be clear, we're not talking about anyone getting more or less address
> space, or allocating in a way that makes aggregation more difficult. I
> thought those were the two basic goals of IP allocation policy, right?

> The RIPE NCC does not have any restrictions on which particular
> resources it allocates or assigns. In fact, I am pretty sure that any
> sensible person would argue that the RIPE NCC should have as much
> freedom as possible to do things in the most efficient way. So I think
> the RIPE NCC already has the power to issue "vanity addresses" in the
> rare case where someone asks for these.

As far as we're concerned we're going to follow all the necessary
requirements and formalities needed for assignment of a block of
IP-addreesses.

We're ready to apply throught a standard procedure from the name of
our company, or through one of the present LIRs.

We could even get a status of a LIR for our company if needed and pay
the initial fee and yearly fees. We hope that an assignment of the
minimal IP block of addresses 2.2.2.0/24 (or 2.2.2.0/21) will not
cause any routing problems, because the availability of this address
from any part of the world will be achieved throught BGP Anycast.

> Mostly I find it a pity that the NCC wasn't more accommodating and that
> we're having this discussion at all. Maybe the software used for this
> process does not have a manual override or something? Oh well, compared
> to the horror stories I hear about the bad old days, I guess we have no
> complaints....

> In the end I suppose we can just let the addresses fall wherever and let
> "the market" sort it out, now that there is a "trading" policy. While
> the desire for vanity addresses might accelerate the process of IP
> addresses becoming property, that is probably inevitable, so it won't
> change the big picture too much.



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