[address-policy-wg] 2015-01 New Policy Proposal (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

Hi Sacha,

On 20/02/15 12:29, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:21:12PM +0100, Martin Millnert wrote:
>> This proposal serves the purpose of shutting off access to 'cheap' IPv4
>> for new businesses, definitely forcing them to turn to the IPv4
>> resellers who in turn can protect their prices.
>
> I can't actually see that. The proposal doesn't move the
> goalposts for a new LIR at all, assuming that a new business
> would want to hang on to their ipv4 space for at least two years.
> It doesn't even prevent them from creating >1 LIR if they need
> more than 1024 addresses - as long as each "LIR" hangs on to
> theirs for 2 years. The only difficulty is in creating multiple
> LIRS and then immediately merging them (and that issue has been
> raised)
>
Well, if a business wants to hang on to their addresses (for two or more 
years), then that is a 'legitimate' use of the /22 :)

This policy proposal tries to close the loophole where companies only 
request the /22 in order to transfer it immediately using the transfer 
policy.

I know this policy proposal is not perfect, as the LIR that receives the 
/22 can sub-allocate/assign the IP block for two years before 
transferring it (*). There is also the loophole where, if their only 
intention is to make a profit from (ab)using the policy, they can try to 
merge the newly created LIR into an existing one using the M&A 
process/procedure. This last point is where I want to receive some 
further comments/suggestions before deciding how to move forward.
> rgds,
> Sascha Luck
>
(*) I would argue that the assignment or sub-allocation of the address 
space to an other company is a legitimate usage of the allocation.

regards,
elvis
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