Hi Sacha,

On 20/02/15 12:29, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:21:12PM +0100, Martin Millnert wrote:
This proposal serves the purpose of shutting off access to 'cheap' IPv4
for new businesses, definitely forcing them to turn to the IPv4
resellers who in turn can protect their prices.

I can't actually see that. The proposal doesn't move the
goalposts for a new LIR at all, assuming that a new business
would want to hang on to their ipv4 space for at least two years.
It doesn't even prevent them from creating >1 LIR if they need
more than 1024 addresses - as long as each "LIR" hangs on to
theirs for 2 years. The only difficulty is in creating multiple
LIRS and then immediately merging them (and that issue has been
raised)

Well, if a business wants to hang on to their addresses (for two or more years), then that is a 'legitimate' use of the /22 :)

This policy proposal tries to close the loophole where companies only request the /22 in order to transfer it immediately using the transfer policy.

I know this policy proposal is not perfect, as the LIR that receives the /22 can sub-allocate/assign the IP block for two years before transferring it (*). There is also the loophole where, if their only intention is to make a profit from (ab)using the policy, they can try to merge the newly created LIR into an existing one using the M&A process/procedure. This last point is where I want to receive some further comments/suggestions before deciding how to move forward.
rgds,
Sascha Luck

(*) I would argue that the assignment or sub-allocation of the address space to an other company is a legitimate usage of the allocation.

regards,
elvis
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