[address-policy-wg] Suggestion to replace IPv4 waiting list with auctions

Hi,

How does it work with EU and Dutch sanctions regulations?

Regards,

Arash Naderpour



On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 7:52 AM Wolfgang Zenker <zenker at punkt.de> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> in todays WG session Marco Schmidt pointed out that more than half of
> the /24s allocated from the waiting list pool go to members with
> multiple LIRs. The number of newly created LIRs eligible for a /24 has
> increased a lot in recent months, to the point where requests can no
> longer be filled from the available pool but new LIRs have to wait for
> blocks coming out of quarantine. This change appears to be due to market
> value for IPv4 blocks being now significantly larger than the cost for
> creating a new LIR and maintaining it for the two year holding period.
> The result of this is that newcomers have no easy access to a first IPv4
> block but have to wait in line together with multi-LIR address hoarders,
> defeating the purpose of the waiting list policy.
>
> I suggest to replace the waiting list with the following system:
> - /24s becoming available are put to an auction.
> - every interested member organisation (NOT: LIR) can make a bid of an
>   amount that is not visible to the other bidders.
> - highest bid wins.
>
> Expected result would be less requests from address hoarders because
> they could get address blocks for a similar price on the open market
> without the additional overhead of creating a new member. Newcomers on
> the other hand would have to become members to be able to hold addresses
> in the first place, and can use the auction to get access to a properly
> quarantined address block to start their business.
>
>
> Regards,
> Wolfgang Zenker
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