I certainly support modifying this provision at this point. I think that the idea that “innovation” will occur (or should be encouraged) in IPv4 at this point is counterproductive at best.
I’ve always felt that 5.4.7.2 was at best a harmless and useless provision unlikely to ever be used and at worst a misleading pipe dream that the life of IPv4 can somehow be artificially extended by the AfriNIC board. In terms of 5.4.7.1, I would support a proposal to return that /12 to the general free pool. Owen > On Oct 13, 2016, at 6:11 AM, Alan Barrett <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On 13 Oct 2016, at 08:45, Andrew Alston <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> we have to consider the fact that the space that was given to AfriNIC by >> IANA was meant to the serve the people, and I’m pretty sure that if AfriNIC >> decided to just stop allocating and hold onto all of it they would run foul >> of the agreements under which they were given that space. (I could be wrong >> here, perhaps someone with more insight can comment). > > Some might think that the IANA tells the RIRs what to do, and others might > think that the IANA numbering services are provided under a contract in which > the RIRs decide what to do. I would not like to find out what happens if > AFRINIC decides to stop allocating IPv4 space and an aggrieved party takes a > dispute to court. I’d much prefer to see AFRINIC continue to allocate IPv4 > space under policies developed by the community. > > At present, the soft landing policy (section 5.4 of the conslidated policy > manual > <http://afrinic.net/community/policy-development/1829-afrinic-consolidated-policy-manual#SoftLanding> > reserves a /12 of IPv4 space that will never be allocated unless either the > policy changes, or the Board takes action: > > [[[ > 5.4.7 IPv4 Address Space Reserve > > 5.4.7.1 A /12 IPv4 address block will be in reserve out of the final /8. This > /12 IPv4 address block shall be preserved by AFRINIC for some future uses, as > yet unforeseen. The Internet is innovative and we cannot predict with > certainty what might happen. Therefore, it is prudent to keep this block in > reserve, just in case some future requirement creates a demand for IPv4 > addresses. > > 5.4.7.2 When AFRINIC, can no longer meet any more requests for address space > (from the Final /8 or from any other available address space), the Board may > at its discretion and considering the demand and other factors at the time > replenish the exhaustion pool with whatever address space (or part thereof) > that may be available to AFRINIC at the time, in a manner that is in the best > interest of the community. > ]]] > > Alan Barrett > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss _______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss
