[address-policy-wg] Hoarding /22 out of 185/8

Hi Jens,

On 28.04.2015 19:37, Opteamax GmbH wrote:
> I fully agree with Sergiusz... I think the policy should maybe be
> adjusted in a way that the only legitimate reason for taking over
> IP-space is taking over existing customers and continue the service
> which is running on the IP-Space.

I was involved in a few mergers and we were always asked to provide
documentation. To quote my conversation with the customer service:

> Please also submit the following documents:
>
> - an agreement between both companies proving that the network was
>   taken over by ...

In our case (which did not involve networks from the last /8) we were
taking over the whole infrastructure from a datacenter site of the
former LIR, but did not have an agreement that specifically said so. So
we made an additional agreement to fulfill the RIPE NCCs request. So do
you really think it is hard to provide such documentation, even if you
did not really take over some equipment and/or customers?

> The normal procedure of closing a LIR must be withdrawing all resources
> assigned to that LIR and only if you can present good arguments why a
> renumbering of customers is not possible, you might keep the
> address-space. 

People who *want* to abuse the system, will just come up with bullshit
documentation. How do you propose RIPE NCC does validate if they really
need the IPs? Based on what information?


Regards
André