On July 5, 2023 at 19:06 [email protected] (Owen DeLong via NANOG) wrote:
> Karin,
>
> Opinions regarding leasing vary throughout the industry. In my opinion, since
> the shift to provider assigned addresses during the CIDR efforts in the mid
> 1990s, the majority of addresses have been leased in one form or another.
>
> The only thing novel here is the leasing of addresses independent of
> connectivity services. However, once the RIRs and their communities
> normalized
> the sale of addresses through directed transfer policies, I think this was an
> inevitable next step in the devolution of IPv4 into a monetized asset.
>
> It doesn’t help that the earliest and most prolific adopters of this form of
> leasing have been snowshoe spammers.
>
> However, there are leasing agencies that insist on getting proper
> justification
> from their customers and have strong anti-abuse policies. I would strongly
> encourage you to seek out such an organization to partner with if you choose
> to
> lease your addresses as there are a number of pitfalls you can encounter
> otherwise.
>
> Owen
That was so...responsibly put. I almost thought I wasn't on nanog!
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