[address-policy-wg] Transfer policy limits

> Current policy says about assignments: «In general, addresses can be
> replaced on a one-to-one basis. Valid assignments can be replaced with
> the same number of addresses if the original assignment criteria are
> still met.»
> 
> The way I see it, this opens up for the new LIR (the alloc buyer) to
> inherit the documentation relating to the assignment from the old LIR
> (the seller), and on that basis make a new assignment that happens to
> consist of the exact same addresses as before.

You're probably right. Right in the sense that this can be resolved by a kind of creative policy interpretation and/or the RIPE NCC playing fast and loose with policies and procedures in the name of being reasonable.

That doesn't change the fact that the IPv4 Policy is in need over a complete overhaul. It has served well for many years in a world where there was a large pool of un-allocated space that could be distributed according to need. That is no longer the world we live in. And today large sections of it are completely obsolete (PI anyone?) while others can still be applied today but make little sense (AW raise after six months to a /21?)

It is in my opinion not enough to just cut out a few sections and make a few edits. The current document is very much written for a world that no longer exists and it probably needs a complete rewrite from scratch.

Thoughts?

Alex Le Heux
Kobo Inc