<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>Hi Laurent, <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>That is correct. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>As a LIR you are allowed to provide your customers IP addresses. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Direct Assignment Users are not allowed to give IP addresses to other companies.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>The IP addresses provided via a Direct Assignment Users agreement should be seen as Provider Independent IP space (Similar as if an end-customer would request that via a LIR). <o:p></o:p>The big difference is that RIPE is acting as the ‘LIR’ and deals with the end-customer directly. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>To make things even more interesting … there are some specific rules that don’t apply to LIR’s that you would encounter as a Direct End-User. <o:p></o:p>Such as having a requirement for IPv6 multi-homing in order to be eligible for an IPv6 – prefix. As a LIR, you don’t have any multi-homing requirement and you can request a IPv6 prefix without questions asked. <o:p></o:p>Also as a LIR, you get a /21 to start with, and you can work with the hostmasters on how to use them yourself or assign them to your end-customers. <o:p></o:p>As a Direct End-customer, you only deal with the hostmasters once. And you get assigned what you require at this moment (up to 3 months.) <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>In case you don’t require to provide IP addresses to other companies and all required IP addresses are for your infrastructure only, you could go to either a LIR or RIPE and ask them for PI space. <o:p></o:p>If you intent to hand out IP addresses to other companies / end-users.. You should become a LIR. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Hope this helps. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Regards,<o:p></o:p>Erik Bais<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Erik Bais | A2B Internet BV | +31 299 707 115 ( Office ) | <a href="mailto:ebais@a2b-internet.com">ebais@a2b-internet.com</a> |<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p></div></body></html>