On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, John Curran wrote:
On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Jon Lewis wrote:
My point being, the leasing of IP space to non-connectivity customers is
already well established, whether it's technically permitted by the
[ir]relevant RIRs. I fully expect this to continue and spread. Eventually,
holders of large legacy blocks will realize they can make good money acting as
an LIR, leasing portions of their unused space to people who need it and can't
get it, want it and don't qualify, etc.
These start-up LIRs won't be bound by RIR policies, both because in some cases
they'll be legacy space holders with no RSA with their region's RIR, and
because they won't be worried about eligibility for future RIR allocations of
v4 space...because there won't be any.
For the ARIN region, it would be nice to know how you'd like ARIN perform
in the presence of such activity ("leasing" IP addresses by ISP not providing
connectivity). It's possible that such is perfectly reasonable and to simply
be ignored, it's also possible that such should be considered a fraudulent
transfer and the resources reclaimed. At the end of the day, the policy is
set by this community, and clarity over ambiguity is very helpful.
I'm not saying that ARIN should. Even if I thought ARIN should, I suspect
the policy process (to develop policies governing org to org IP space
leases) would be a waste of everyone's time, because I seriously doubt any
policy attempting to forbid or control such activity would be possible to
enforce. I merely meant to point out that it's already happening, and
IMO, will continue and spread. Additionally, I suspect any attempt by the
RIRs to become the sole brokers or clearing houses for org to org IP space
transactions within their regions will be futile.
There may be some utility to the RIRs providing such a function, but I
don't believe the RIRs will be able to control the markets and prevent
ad-hoc LIRs from popping up and operating however they see fit.
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