Just a comment on geo-location. Any geo-location service that relies
primarily on any RIR whois data is fundamentally broken. Geo-location is
typically comprised of multiple technologies that end up referencing each
other. If I had to rate the validity of whois data as part of the
geo-location food chain I'd argue that it would be fifth on a list of five
inputs. It's nice if it sync's up with the other inputs, but if it doesn't
its not likely to dramatically impact anything.
And as I had mentioned, "tentative support". After reading Randy's comment,
tentative support for the context of the "policies", not specifically tied
to anyone or a single method.
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prop-095: Inter-RIR IPv4 address transfer proposal
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Dear SIG members
Below is a summary of discussions on the proposal to date. We encourage
you to continue discussions on the mailing list before the Policy
SIG.
Regards,
Gaurab, Ching-Heng, and Terence
Proposal summary
This is a proposal to allow and define a mechanism for the transfer of
IPv4 address space between APNIC account holders and organizations in
other RIR region(s), providing that the counterpart RIR has a policy
that allows transfers of address space with APNIC account holders.
Discussion statistics
Version 1 posted to Policy SIG mailing list: 25 January 2011
Number of posts since proposal first posted: 11
Number of people participating in discussions: 6
Summary of discussion to date
There was some opposition to the proposal because it does nothing
to encourage IPv6 adoption and could complicate RIR-based
Geolocation tools and filtering
There was a warning that without a transfer policy, transfers
will still take place, either openly or under the table. In light
of the difficulties regulating transfers, the best we can hope to
do is to maintain the integrity of our registry
An opinion was put forward that organizations would avoid address
space with 'dubious origins', but that a market with limited
supply and no rules is a market begging to be manipulated. This
person tentatively supported the intent of the proposal, but was
looking for modifications in which RIRs allocation policies
should be met and by whom.
http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-095
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