If it includes all IPv4 whether allocated or not, then I am opposed to the policy once again.
It completely defeats the purpose of the qualifier. Owen > On Sep 6, 2017, at 12:31 , David Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Mike Burns <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > Can we get a definition of "IPv4 total inventory"? > > Is all IPv4 address space held by the RIR in any pools and that which has > been allocated or assigned, legacy or otherwise. > > I think you are thinking of RIR free pools or available inventory, not total > inventory. > > Look at the NRO slides; > https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/NRO_Q2_2017.pdf > <https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/NRO_Q2_2017.pdf> > Slide #5 comes close, but I think it is missing legacy resources, so ARIN has > even more than is shown there. > > The point here is that LACNIC and AFRINIC have way less total inventory and > one could argue they don't have a fair share of the global IPv4 resource > pool. Therefore requiring them to have a reciprocal transfer policies is some > what insensitive to how the IPv4 resources are currently divided on a global > level. > > More than 10 /8s would have to be transferred to LACNIC and AFRINIC each > before the had any where near the average total IPv4 inventory of all the > RIRs. > > Do reserves of all flavors count? > Does ARIN staff whip out the calculators on the day the transfer request is > received? > Will they hold transfers in abeyance until the ratios work out, then quickly > process them? > Does this provide an incentive for LACNIC and AFRINIC to rid themselves of > IPv4 reserves? > Are all RIR inventories updated daily? > > The average could change throughout the day unless the RIRs publish at the > same time. Imagine the situation of a buyer in AFRINIC, biting his nails to > see whether a change in APNIC or RIPE will allow his transfer to go through > today. > > I support the policy but it would be far better to lose that additional > sentence. Just drop the world reciprocal and if problems arise they can be > dealt with later. > > Regards, > Mike Burns > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > <http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml> > Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you experience any > issues. > > > > -- > =============================================== > David Farmer Email:[email protected] > <mailto:email%[email protected]> > Networking & Telecommunication Services > Office of Information Technology > University of Minnesota > 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 > Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 > =============================================== > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
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