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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Carsten,<br>
      <br>
      not only that the loophole exists, but the RIPE NCC has even
      pointed it out in an RIPE Labs article (and several previous RIPE
      Meetings):<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/ripe-ncc-membership-statistics-2014">https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/ripe-ncc-membership-statistics-2014</a><br>
      <br>
      I think that the more we talk about it, the more this loophole
      will be (ab)used. The part that was just theoretical was
      estimating how long it will take a company to decide that instead
      of going to the market, they could actually go to the RIPE NCC and
      get a /16 or maybe a /12 at �2.3 - �3.4 per IP (depending in which
      quarter you decide to do it). <br>
      - this policy proposal will still not fix this issue, will just
      raise even more awareness.. this policy proposal is just trying to
      patch the transfer policy. we still need to discuss whether we
      want to touch the mergers and acquisitions process.<br>
      <br>
      regards,<br>
      elvis<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      On 10/03/15 09:13, DOI (BIT I 5) wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">Hi Elvis,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US">I agree with your proposal. I�m interested in
            the fact: Are there such �loophole� cases right now or is it
            a theoretical problem, that could be happen if 2015-01 would
            not be accepted?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
            lang="EN-US">Carsten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p>�</o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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                  lang="EN-US">Von:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
                lang="EN-US"> address-policy-wg
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:address-policy-wg-bounces@ripe.net">mailto:address-policy-wg-bounces@ripe.net</a>]
                <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Elvis Daniel Velea<br>
                <b>Gese</b></span><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">ndet:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
                Montag, 9. M�rz 2015 17:32<br>
                <b>An:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:address-policy-wg@ripe.net">address-policy-wg@ripe.net</a><br>
                <b>Betreff:</b> Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-01 New
                Policy Proposal (Alignment ofTransfer Requirements for
                IPv4 Allocations)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>�</o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi everyone,<br>
          <br>
          I have thinking at what to answer regarding the comments on
          this proposal.<br>
          <br>
          Firstly, the /22 from the last /8 policy proposal aimed to
          create a method for anyone to receive at least a few (1024)
          IPv4 addresses by becoming a member of the RIPE NCC.<br>
          Even then, the proposers had noted that anyone can open
          multiple LIRs and receive from the RIPE NCC more than 1024 IP
          addresses and asked the RIPE NCC to be vigilant. [1]<br>
          <br>
          What happens now is not in the spirit of that policy proposal
          as the /22 from the RIPE NCC does not have the two years
          holding period so a few found a way to make a business using
          this loophole.<br>
          This policy proposal is just trying to add the same holding
          period for a transfer of the /22 as it is already for the rest
          of the allocations made by the RIPE NCC.<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          While I do agree that if the RIPE NCC free pool would be
          depleted, the market would takeover and normalize the price,
          the community has decided to have IPv4 addresses available for
          anyone that<br>
          �wants to become a member of the RIPE NCC and therefore
          request & receive a /22. <br>
          I think that a separate proposal could tackle this issue,
          there were some discussions last year (if I remember
          correctly) and some members of this community suggested the
          increasing the limit from /22 to /21. That may deplete the
          free pool faster, but it will still slowly bleed out in a few
          years.<br>
          <br>
          If we do not agree that this policy proposal is fair and
          needed, I predict that we will see more and more companies
          opening LIRs just to make use of this loophole and make a
          profit from selling one or more /22s from the last /8.<br>
          Actually, this policy proposal may have already harmed the
          free pool because if it does not get approved, more people
          have found out of the loophole and nothing will stop them from
          using it, they will have the endorsement of the community to
          just go ahead and open multiple LIRs. <br>
          I would not be surprised to see a very large ISP or (content)
          hosting company setting up 1.000 LIRs to get 1million IP
          addresses.. and if they setup 1024 LIRs in the same 'day' they
          may even get a /12 as a contiguous block.
          <br>
          In that case, would you find it fair that if someone wants to
          use a loophole (1024 times) they can get a /12 from the RIPE
          NCC while others need to use the market?
          <br>
          <br>
          Considering these, Martin (and whoever else does not like this
          policy proposal), please let me know if you oppose to to this
          proposal as it is written and if you have any suggestion on
          what would be acceptable.<br>
          <br>
          regards,<br>
          Elvis<br>
          <br>
          �<br>
          [1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2010-02">https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2010-02</a><br>
          "Some organisations may set up multiple LIR registrations in
          an effort to get more address space than proposed. The RIPE
          NCC must be vigilant regarding these, but the authors accept
          that it is hard to ensure complete compliance."<o:p></o:p></p>
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