Hi, On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 12:51, Gert Doering <gert@space.net> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 06:06:24PM +0000, Natale Maria Bianchi wrote:
RIPE NCC apparently noted a high number of ASNs being abandoned [https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/address-policy-wg/2023-June/013757.h...] but does not seem to note the relation with abuse that should explain a fraction of them.
Unfortunately the RIPE members at the last general meeting still preferred to have ASNs free of charge... this would have helped at least get them back, without spending NCC people's lifetime in chasing them.
The RIPE NCC periodically asks the community about the priority for cleaning up unused ASNs, e.g. - https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/active-wg/db/minutes/ripe-52 (item G), and - https://ripe82.ripe.net/presentations/7-RIPE82-Feeback-from-RS.pdf (slide 16) So far, the answer has been that it is a low priority. Perhaps because there are about 4 billion left. Regards, Leo