Hello everyone,
in a previous message I did say that I expected to see a few flying
tomatoes towards me, just because I am a broker of IP addresses when
coming up with this proposal.
However, the low level of personal attacks I have seen on this mailing
list in the past few weeks have made me wonder how pathetic some people
can actually be...
I would like to thank everyone that defended me on the mailing list,
people that do understand why I have sent in this policy proposal,
people that know me since I first joined this community more than 10
years ago. I would also like to thank the chairs for stepping in to stop
the pathetic attacks to my person and to my business.
Because some have questioned why I have sent in this request, I would
like to clarify some things:
1. IPv4 Brokers do not make their money from the /22s they broker.
Actually, we sometimes broker /22s (or smaller prefixes) even if we lose
money just to help a customer. We normally make a commission from the
total transaction price and brokering anything below a /21 means (most
of the times) working for free or for a loss. My business has nothing to
do with this policy proposal. Actually, if I would care for my business
and for making a profit from anything, I should oppose to such a
proposal. This policy proposal has been sent because for more than 7
years I have worked at the RIPE NCC and they have injected me with some
kind of serum that 'forces' me to do good deeds for the community and
for the well being of the Internet :-)
2. This policy proposal has been made after the lengthy discussion at
the RIPE Meeting in London and after noticing that the RIPE NCC keeps
presenting to the AP-WG that the 'last /8 policy' is being abused by a
handful of people. In a previous message I have already pointed to the
recordings of those discussions and Andrea's presentation.
3. This policy proposal does not attempt to fix the 'bug' that allows a
company/person to open multiple LIRs and receive multiple /22s (by way
of merger). This bug exists and is well know. It was even mentioned in
the rationale and the impact analysis of '2010-02 - the last /8 policy
proposal' [1].
4. This policy proposal attempts to fix the problem raised by the RIPE
NCC where a company/person opens an LIR, receives a /22, transfers the
/22 and restarts the process, thus requesting the /22 with the only
purpose to 'transfer' it. The usage of the /22s should be restricted -
as the 'last /8 policy proposal aimed' - to the companies that need a
bit of IP addresses to operate in a 'still predominant' IPv4 world. I
have seen cases where the /22 from the last /8 has been received and
transferred in the same day. This 'business style' not only violates the
RIPE Policies and the spirit of the 'last /8 policy proposal' [1] but
also shows that some only want to make money by abusing the system. This
must stop and that is why this policy proposal was sent in.
5. I am upset to see that a co-national (mr Gabriel Voitis from Infinity
Telecom) has decided to publicly attack me on this mailing list and I
have decided to basically ignore all of his messages, I will not respond
to his pathetic attacks. I believe that a company founded in 2011 (with
0 employees since) should just be ignored. Actually, I would like to ask
the Chair of the WG to request the removal of Mr Gabriel Voitis (or
anyone else that lowers himself at that level) from the mailing list if
he continues with his personal attacks towards me or towards my business.
6. I am also awaiting Marco's Impact Analysis to discuss this policy
proposal further. This will be my last message before the Impact
Analysis is published.
7. Lastly, I welcome the discussion about the size of the allocation
from the last /8. I have actually asked Gert to give us a few minutes
during the AP-WG meeting in Amsterdam to discuss further. Radu, I will
try to get in contact with you as I like most of the ideas you have sent
to this mailing list and maybe we can come up with a nice presentation
for RIPE70.
Kind regards,
Elvis
[1] https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2010-02
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