Re: [apnic-transfers] IP Leasing BoF at APRICOT 2014
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Dean
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Dean Pemberton <dean at deanpemberton dot com> wrote:
> Good Morning all,
>
> There will be a BoF on the subject of IP address leasing at the
> APRICOT 2014 meeting on Tuesday, 25th Feb 2014 at 17:30 - 19:00 in the
> Grand Caymans room on Level 10.
>
> I will be chairing this BoF and I'd like to invite all interested
> parties to attend.
>
> While the concept of IP address leasing is not new, and has been the
> primary model for ISP sub-delegation to its customers, there is an
> assumption that some level of operational control is retained by the
> ISP. There is an expectation that the registry data reflects an
> operational hierarchy that makes it possible for people to look up
> 'parent' blocks and use the contact information at that level to
> resolve operational issues at a lower level network block.
>
> This model and assumptions may no longer be valid in the IPv4
> exhaustion state we're currently in. Addresses may be leased out with
> no operational service or control attached to it. How should the
> registry reflect this reality, to maintain its important role in
> facilitating operational trouble shooting? Policy-wise, should lessors
> be allowed to accumulate address space, using leasing demands as
> 'demonstrated need' in getting more IP addresses transferred to them?
>
> Voice your opinion in a healthy debate in this BoF, held to gauge the
> community's sentiment on these important issues.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Dean
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Regards,
Dean