[ncc-services-wg] RIPE tasks

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, David Kessens wrote:

> The only reason that the RIPE NCC is needed is exactly for the reason
> that ipv4 addresses are a scarce resource. There might be enough for

so then, why did I/IUCC have to rejoin RIPE in order to get an IPv6 /32?
IUCC, as an NREN, hasn't had a need for IPv4 space since we got our /16s
in the 1980s.  We handed off our membership to ISOC-IL a number of years
ago to manage the ASN and IPv4 space.  Only once we needed an IPv6 /32 did
we find out we had to rejoin RIPE NCC and pay membership fees.  If Ipv6
isn't a scarce resource, then RIPE NCC shouldn't be managing it, according
to your logic.  We will never ask for IPv4 space or an ASN (we are happy
with AS378) but will continue to pay our nKeuros/yr just to maintain our
IPv6 /32.   -Hank

> them for the near future if we keep rationing the distibution as we do
> now but we would certainly run out rather quickly if your organization
> would just give away ipv4 addresses to the people/organizations that
> ask for them.
> 
> As I understand it, your core business is the management of a scarce
> resource and I don't see any reason why you should spend time killing
> a 'self-perpetuating myth' that is not a myth at all.
> 
> David K.
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> 

Hank Nussbacher