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Good evening,

On 22/10/2015 09:48, Tom Smyth wrote:
> I think it would be reasonable that if an entity has merged from
> another lir... they have already recieved one or more /22s over and
> above what ripe intended. So these entities have already  benefited
> from gaining  additional ips
>
> So it would be fair to exclude such lirs from getting another /22
> under this policy proposal

I don't, because there is a confusion here between the LIR and the
End User, the LIR being limited to a /22 whereas several End Users
having the same LIR would be legitimate to have, say, a /24.

So, some level of need-based criteria should not have been abandonned
here and the trivial case where a LIR is a single entity that uses all
of its allocations for itself should be questionned, since the PA and
assignment system is clearly made to distinguish LIR and operator and
is supposed to be the normal case.

Therefore, creating and merging LIRs can be a very legitimate way to
allow new entities to get a minimal IPv4 space, regarding the spirit
of the last /8 policiy.

Also, policies should not be studied from the only point of view of
a LIR but also from the End User's viewpoint, which could be a much
more legitimate approach.

Best regards,
S. Vallerot

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