+1

 

We may need to consider if it is right that the remains of IPv4 can be 
allocated to new LIRs from existing members instead to only new-entrants. I 
think the community must be fairer. This is the way handled in other RIRs as 
well (not all them).

 

If the problem with IPv6 is that the justification is harder to get more than 
/29, one possible approach is to clarify it, not neccesarilly with a policy 
change but guidelines, etc.  Note that I don’t think that’s the case, I really 
believe if you need more than /29, it is possible to justify it, but may be 
people believe that it is easier to artificially create multiple LIRs and get a 
/29 for each one. This is something that only the staff can tell. As much info 
as we have about why this happens, easier to find possible avenues for a better 
solution.

 

Regards,

Jordi

@jordipalet

 

 

 

El 23/11/21 13:26, "address-policy-wg en nombre de James Kennedy" 
<[email protected] en nombre de [email protected]> 
escribió:

 

[changed mail client alias\author to my name, apologies for duplication] 

 

Hi, 

 

Re: 'who does IPv6 hoarding really hurt' or 'what's the danger', we should 
learn from some very harsh real-life lessons that happened with IPv4 
stockpiling. 

 

- when IPv4 was plentiful, a number of RIPE members we able to hoard vast 
volumes of IPv4 and distribute large IPv4 network prefixes (e.g. full /18s) to 
their customers but provide little to no technical services (became de facto 
local RIRs) 

- this was attractive to their customers at the time - often network operators 
- because the RIPE members would lease the address space for a much lower price 
than a RIPE NCC membership fee 

- as their customers became increasingly dependant on those IPv4 network 
prefixes over time to run their operations, the RIPE members abused their power 
and raised the lease costs to absolute extortionate and unaffordable amounts - 
often to sell the parent allocation on the IPv4 market 

 

This is in addition to conflicting with RIPE IPv6 goals and policy, and 
reducing the RIPE NCC's ability to check and verify that the address space is 
being used in line with RIPE IPv6 goals and policy. 

 

Do we really want to sleepwalk into a similar situation with IPv6? If not, how 
can we proactively safeguard IPv6 from such abuse while ensuring easy access to 
IPv6 for real deployments? Change IPv6 transfer policy, and/or lower the RIPE 
NCC membership fee (e.g. a cheaper IPv6-only membership category)? 

 

 

Regards, 

James 

apwg co-chair 

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