+1 Natale Maria Bianchi via address-policy-wg <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2026. júl. 10., P 18:23):
> Dear colleagues, > > I have read the proposal, presenting - in the "Arguments opposing the > proposal" > paragraph - the speeding up of the equipment replacement cycle as the only > negative consequence of an increase in AS Numbers. > > I would like to point out that we, and I am sure many other security > organizations, > heavily use ASNs as one of the ways to classify networks, attach > reputation to them, > group them in clusters. We inspect all the ASNs coming alive and make > some evaluations > that contribute to their reputation, such as "can their website be > located?", > "can their geographical location be easily located?", "are they corporate > data > available or hidden?", "do they use PTRs?", "who are they upstreams?", etc. > > The fact is that there is a large fraction of new ASNs that get allocated > to rather > shady entities, not to mention full cybercrime hosts. It is fully clear > that avoiding > this is impossible as cybercrime is part of the ecosystem we live in. > Yet, RIPE NCC is > at present the RIR with the highest rate of new allocations, and I admit > that we are > watching with a little apprehension at the further increase of the rate > that may > arise if this change is approved. > > In short, the number of routed ASNs does not have an impact only on > machines. > An ASN represents an administrative entity controlling the routing policy > of a collection > of IP prefixes, and as such it constitutes a little associated analysis > cost for > whoever needs to monitor the behavior of these entities for the good of > the internet. > > I humbly suggest that this point is somehow added among the "arguments > opposing > the proposal". Having said that, we will deal with whatever the outcome > will be > and possibly expand our resources if needed. > > Kind regards, > > Natale M Bianchi > Spamhaus Project > > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 03:19:13PM +0200, Angela Dall'Ara wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > > > A new RIPE Policy Proposal, 2026-01 "Simplify assignment of first ASN" > > is now available for discussion. > > > > This proposal aims to remove the needs assessment for the first AS Number > > requested by holders of an IP address prefix assigned or allocated > directly > > by the RIPE NCC. > > > > > > You can find the full proposal at: > > https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2026-01 > > > > > > As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of the > > Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the > > proposer. > > > > At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposer, with the agreement of > the > > WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal. > > > > The PDP document can be found at: > > https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781 > > > > We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to > > [email protected] before 5 August 2026. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Angela Dall'Ara > > Policy Officer > > RIPE NCC > > > > ----- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription > options, please visit: > https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/address-policy-wg.ripe.net/ > > As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with > > the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. > > More details at: > https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ > ----- > To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, > please visit: > https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/address-policy-wg.ripe.net/ > As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with > the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. > More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ >
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