[address-policy-wg] Maximum size for current IPv4 allocations

In message <19f8c8b6-0590-8903-0e9e-ec6638d1f442 at ripe.net>, 
Marco Schmidt <mschmidt at ripe.net> wrote:

>As Elvis clarified, the examples you listed are the results of resource 
>transfers.
>
>The “netname:” attribute of an INETNUM object in the RIPE Database 
>indicates whether an IPv4 allocation was received directly from the RIPE 
>NCC or via a transfer.

Please elaborate.   How does it do that exactly?  For example, what does
this value tell us about how the block was received?

   CH-AS5398-20191016

>It includes the date on which that range was 
>provided by the RIPE NCC, also for smaller ranges that are part of a 
>previously bigger range. If the date in the “netname:” and the date on 
>which the object was created differ, you can deduce that the range 
>concerned was not allocated directly by the RIPE NCC.

In other words you are saying that 193.222.104.0/23 wasw purchased, correct?

>I hope this helps answer your question.

It may, once I understand clearly everything you just said.


Regards,
rfg