[anti-abuse-wg] Re: Policy proposal: closing allocation/assignment window, was Policy disallowing spam from RIPE blocks

On 10 Mar 2011, at 14:25, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

> Where there is apparent fraud, it might make sense to penalize the LIR
> if they are complicit in this.
> 
> I do have my doubts about the *current* need for an LIR, to be frank
> (as opposed to an ISP that acquires a large IP block and swips it to
> their downstream customers)

It's to avoid membership and associated costs etc

A LIR should have the technical know-how etc., to manage requests etc., in a cost-effective manner
A lot of the organisations that take PI space probably don't .. 


> 
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Shane Kerr <shane at time-travellers.org> wrote:
>> The RIPE NCC is currently finishing implementing a newish requirement
>> that PI blocks have a contract with either the RIPE NCC or with an LIR.
>> Based on this is should be possible to revoke misused PI space (where
>> "misuse" is defined as "not being used for the purpose assigned under",
>> *not* defined as "being used for things I do not like").
>> 
>> In theory that policy already exists for all RIPE NCC space, I think. Do
>> you think we should try to push for the RIPE NCC to actually implement
>> this policy? Do you think there should be further penalties for LIRs
>> involved with arranging bogus PI assignments?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists at gmail.com)
> 

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