Hi, On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 03:11:40PM +0300, Ciprian Nica wrote:
The idea was that you can't just forbid the wave to hit you. Nobody can control the entire community and decide what will happen. RIPE (community) has decided to allow transfers as it would help ease the pain on those who really need IPv4 resources.
Well, the most important reason was that we can't stop transfers from occuring (people will find ways...) but that *if* a resource is transferred, we must be able to document *where it went*. Since the IPv4 run-out, the primary function of the RIPE NCC has shifted from "hand out IPv4 addresses" to "registry", and this is more important than ever. (Of course one could frown on people making money on something they got for free - yes. But do we want to make money on something by selling under the hand, for a higher price, and no guarantees to the buyer?) Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279