> On Aug 22, 2023, at 05:16, Ashish Agarwal <ashishagarwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > <auction.png> > > One basic question, are auctions/ IPV4 brokers like these permitted by > IANA / APNIC ? If so it makes > the implementation of any restriction very difficult. > > thanks
Your question sounds simple enough, but it’s very complex. What possible recourse would APNIC have to restrict an auction of addresses by a US company on behalf of a provider registered in RIPE NCC? I suppose APNIC could, theoretically block the inbound transfer (assuming that the winning bidder chooses to transfer the addresses into APNIC), but since the transfer (presumably) meets all of the outbound eligibility criteria for RIPE NCC (I’m sure there are some, but I’m equally sure RIPE NCC makes them pretty minimal), but that would violate the APNIC policy as currently written. Changing the APNIC policy to block this would probably make it incompatible with the ARIN policy and open a different can of worms. So, exactly what restrictions do you want that don’t currently exist and why do you think they would be beneficial? Owen _______________________________________________ SIG-policy - https://mailman.apnic.net/sig-policy@lists.apnic.net/ To unsubscribe send an email to sig-policy-le...@lists.apnic.net
