Re: [address-policy-wg] FW: Policy Reciprocity

2020-10-21 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Hi Denis, On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 02:32:02PM +, ripede...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I think you are wrong on both your points. Firstly you are making the classic confusion between RIPE NCC and RIPE. Policies are made by the RIPE community based on consensual agreement. Once agreed it is expected

Re: [address-policy-wg] FW: Policy Reciprocity

2020-10-21 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 12:10:16PM +, ripedenis--- via address-policy-wg wrote: It is not only address policy they can veto. Correct me if I am mistaken, but I understood they can veto any policy they don't like. The internet is critical infrastructure that impacts the lives of almost

Re: [address-policy-wg] IPv4 status hierarchies

2020-06-16 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 03:36:39PM +0200, Petrit Hasani wrote: Section 5.3 "Sub-allocations" of the IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies (ripe-733) states: "Sub-allocations are intended to aid the goal of routing aggregation and can only be made from allocations with a status of

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2019-05 Policy Proposal (Revised IPv4 assignment policy for IXPs) - Moving to Last Call

2019-10-07 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Fine with me. Support. rgds, Sascha Luck On Sat, Sep 07, 2019 at 01:29:04PM +, Erik Bais wrote: Dear WG, The AP WG Chairs have seen more than sufficient support to get the policy to the next phase. The policy proposal is about extending the IXP pool with an additional /16 from the

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2019-05 New Policy Proposal (Revised IPv4 assignment policy for IXPs)

2019-08-09 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 02:40:03PM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote: Repeating myself a bit[1], I'd say the default should be /29. This because the /29s are the smallest fragments left behind in the NCC inventory. I can't see how an IXP with 6 members (including RC/RS) would even be viable unless

Re: [address-policy-wg] question about IPv4 legacy and transfers - should we convert legacy to non-legacy with transfers?

2019-07-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 03:26:34PM +0200, Piotr Strzyzewski via address-policy-wg wrote: Except when those other policies detract from the main one. If we can't maintain an accurate registry, then what's the point? IMHO, this is not the case here. Let's try not to fall in the false dilemma

Re: [address-policy-wg] question about IPv4 legacy and transfers - should we convert legacy to non-legacy with transfers?

2019-07-17 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 06:01:44PM +0200, Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN wrote: I see the situation a little differently: - if my understanding is correct, you can benefit from pretty much same (or most of) services with you legacy space as with your PI/PA space, however you don't really have the same

Re: [address-policy-wg] [Ext] Re: proposal to remove IPv6 PI

2018-05-21 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Hi Gert, On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 05:12:45PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: Especially in the government and enterprise market, there's other models today, like "the government LIR holds a /26, each region in a country has a /32 out of that, and each region is free to pick their own ISP to have the

Re: [address-policy-wg] proposal to remove IPv6 PI

2018-05-19 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
ocations even if SUB-ALLOCATED is not 90% assigned. rgds, Sascha Luck ???-Mensaje original- De: address-policy-wg <address-policy-wg-boun...@ripe.net> en nombre de "Sascha Luck [ml]" <a...@c4inet.net> Fecha: mi??rcoles, 16 de mayo de 2018, 18:55 Para: Gert Doering <g...@space.n

Re: [address-policy-wg] [Ext] Re: proposal to remove IPv6 PI

2018-05-19 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:17:43AM +, Leo Vegoda wrote: but it removes the requirement that a LIR provide connectivity to an End User. Since when has this been a requirement? Section 2.4 of ripe-699 defines LIRs and describes them as "primarily" providing addresses for network services

Re: [address-policy-wg] proposal to remove IPv6 PI

2018-05-16 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Hi Gert, On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 06:35:32PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: In other words, decouple the "LIR" function from the "ISP" function. Well, that seems to be what Jordi's idea seems to be about - but it is neither easy nor straightforward how to get there. We've tried a few years ago,

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2018-02 New Policy Proposal (Assignment Clarification in IPv6 Policy)

2018-04-17 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Hi Jordi, On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 04:57:20PM +0200, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via address-policy-wg wrote: I've created an "online diff" so you can compare the actual text, with my proposal: https://www.diffchecker.com/SMXYO2rc I have several issues with the proposal: 1) It perpetuates what

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2017-01 New Policy Proposal (Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates)

2017-04-25 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Hi Elvis, On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 07:42:12PM +0300, Elvis Daniel Velea wrote: What it will do is, for 'transfers' of Legacy space where both the old and the new holder want to have it verified by the RIPE NCC, both parties will need to sign a document where parties authorised to sign will

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2017-01 New Policy Proposal (Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates)

2017-04-25 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
All, On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 02:39:43PM +0200, Marco Schmidt wrote: A new RIPE Policy proposal, 2017-01, "Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates" is now available for discussion. The goal of this proposal is to require the RIPE NCC to publish all changes to the holdership of legacy

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-04 New Version and Impact Analysis Published (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

2016-10-21 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 01:17:32PM +0200, Havard Eidnes wrote: As for 2015-04, I oppose it as it tries yet again to bring M under policy regulation (s. 2.2) which the community has no business doing. Please educate me why the community has no business doing this. I would have thought that was

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-04 New Version and Impact Analysis Published (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

2016-10-21 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
You would do well to take some lessons in debate culture yourself. You're -not even too veiledly- accusing another member of abuse, something we have heard altogether too much of lately. As for 2015-04, I oppose it as it tries yet again to bring M under policy regulation (s. 2.2) which the

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2016-03 New Version and Impact Analysis Published (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

2016-10-19 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
I still oppose this proposal. Rationale: 1) It creates yet another class of address space when the goal should be to have only one class. 2) It is potentially harmful to the interests of both the RIPE community and the RIPE NCC by forcing the establishment of an IPv4 "black market", something

Re: [address-policy-wg] opposition to 2015-04

2016-05-30 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 06:55:03PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: "explicitly" implies that this has been, uh, explicitly written down somewhere. Could you provide a reference? I was sure I'd read an explicit declaration that transfers due to business transactions do not fall under transfer

Re: [address-policy-wg] opposition to 2015-04

2016-05-30 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 05:44:05PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote: RIPE policy does regulate IP allocations and under what conditions you are allowed to have/transfer/etc them. I agree that RIPE policy cannot regulate an organisation's M itself, but what happens to IP allocations when M happens

Re: [address-policy-wg] opposition to 2015-04

2016-05-30 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 12:45:31AM +0200, Erik Bais wrote: As stated during the discussion at the AP, a change to the holdership will to fall under the same restrictions as the transfers currently, that was pointed out AND discussed since version 1. The fact remains that policy has no business

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2016-03 New Policy Proposal (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

2016-05-17 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 02:46:02PM +0200, Remco van Mook wrote: It doesn't apply retroactively - so if you have already merged LIRs and are currently holding multiple /22s form the final /8 you're fine. It does stop future cases though. So it puts new entrants at a competitive disadvantage to

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2016-03 New Policy Proposal (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

2016-05-17 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 02:05:26PM +0200, Marco Schmidt wrote: A new RIPE Policy proposal 2016-03, "Locking Down the Final /8 Policy" is now available for discussion. The goal of this proposal is to limit IPv4 from the remaining address pool to one /22 per LIR (regardless of how it was

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-04 New Draft Documents and Impact Analysis Published (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

2016-02-06 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 02:54:33PM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote: [x] yes, this makes sense, go there +1 However: I'd like to see a paragraph defining which resources are "scarce resources" That way, it is immediately clear which resources are covered by hold times etc, and more importantly there

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-05 New Policy Proposal (Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria)

2015-10-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 02:46:54PM +0200, Marco Schmidt wrote: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-05 At last one I can +1 without much headache. The idea is not to still have the most unused ipv4 space when ipv6 is finally the default. rgds, Sascha Luck

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-05 New Policy Proposal (Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria)

2015-10-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:44:00PM +0100, Jim Reid wrote: Besides, there's no RIR policy correct -- or reason to have one -- Isn't "provide an incentive to actually start deploying ipv6 services" a good enough reason? It is in my book. It certainly provides a much better reward than having

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-04 Discussion Period over, moving to Impact Analysis and then Review Phase (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

2015-10-08 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 02:44:48PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: Uh, for clarification: I *did* see some opposition, but no "strong opposition to the proposal in general". The opposition was to some of the policy changes this brings, and I think it's valuable to discuss this with the Impact

Re: [address-policy-wg] "last /8" allocation size - community feedback request before engaging PDP

2015-09-14 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 09:17:04AM +0200, Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN wrote: Before submitting the proposal we would like to have some community feedback on several aspects : My thoughts: 1) anything that increases the bureaucracy required to deal with the NCC for a first allocation is a non-goer.

Re: [address-policy-wg] "last /8" allocation size - community feedback request before engaging PDP

2015-09-14 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 03:49:24PM +0200, Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2015, at 15:09, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote: If you have some ideas of how to reliably determine "real ipv6 deployment" *AND* write down that criteria in a policy-friendly way, you're welcome (want

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-04 New Policy Proposal (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

2015-09-02 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 02:48:07PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote: 649 section 6.1 says: -- This space will be used to run an IXP peering LAN; other uses are forbidden. -- I actually read that as "This space *as assigned to this end-user*[...]" Does IXP space come out of a separate pool from any

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-04 New Policy Proposal (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

2015-09-02 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 12:37:22AM +0200, Erik Bais wrote: To clarify here ... although all types of number resources can be transferred.. ( AS, IPv4, IPv6 ) there are some specific resources ( like v4 for IXP usage ) are not allowed to be transferred and MUST be returned..

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-04 New Policy Proposal (RIPE Resource Transfer Policies)

2015-08-31 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:22:09PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote: first of all, a large thank-you for handling this policy aggregation. This will make things a lot easier for organisations to understand how RIPE transfer policy works. Although policy reworking like this is completely thankless,

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation Size)

2015-07-24 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 12:02:31PM +, Silvia Hagen wrote: So let's go for balance :-) I agree. I think a sensible balance may be that allocations /29 are reviewed (as they are now, AIUI) by the IPRA managers and/or the Board. There is a danger, in my opinion, that the IPv6

Re: [address-policy-wg] PA policy

2015-07-07 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 04:17:23PM +, Kennedy, James wrote: True. If indeed the downstream in this policy statement is in relation to the hierarchical registry system rather than in BGP transit terms, then yes PA customer assignments that are routed separately to the LIR are valid.

Re: [address-policy-wg] IPv6 PI assignment policy

2015-06-21 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 06:24:27PM +0200, Thomas Drewermann wrote: I forgot one tought in my first mail. To be particular about the policy in my opinion guest networks provided by PI assigment holders e.g. companies aren't legitimate use either. Because addresses are leased to users/devices

Re: [address-policy-wg] Next steps for new LIRs

2015-06-11 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 07:09:24PM +0200, Roger Jrgensen wrote: I'm okay with letting RIPE NCC use some judgment. I am unsure if they are (RIPE NCC). And sooner or later someone will complain. How, and who should deal with that? I think the current complain system can handle it with some minor

Re: [address-policy-wg] Complaint and future of the APWG.

2015-06-11 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 02:15:51PM +0200, Lu Heng wrote: Same here, I feel some of the Chair's judgement was not fair, and I am making complaint about it, I feel in this free speech world, I have all my rights to do so. According to s4 of ripe-642 this is the correct procedure to appeal a

Re: [address-policy-wg] RIPE != RIPE NCC

2015-06-11 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 02:00:00PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote: See https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/summaries/ripe-70-working-group-chair-meeting-summary item V :) Way ahead of me, I see. Nice one, thanks to the Chairs. rgds, Sascha Luck

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-01 Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published

2015-06-10 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:48:18PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: While I do consider this only partially relevant to the policy proposal under discussion, it *is* giving a background on what is happening or has happened outside the last /8 range, and some of these transfers indeed make the 30x /22

Re: [address-policy-wg] PDP issues

2015-06-10 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 01:43:30PM +0200, Jan Ingvoldstad wrote: Most proposals have some rationale against and a -1 can just as easily be construed to mean I agree with the rationale against and therefore oppose the proposal. But _which_ of the rationales against do they agree with? Which

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-02 Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Keep IPv6 PI When Requesting IPv6 Allocation)

2015-06-09 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 03:43:14PM +0200, Marco Schmidt wrote: The draft document for the proposal described in 2015-02, Keep IPv6 PI When Requesting IPv6 Allocation has been published. The impact analysis that was conducted for this proposal has also been published. I support this proposal.

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-03 New Policy Proposal (Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation Size)

2015-05-12 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 01:28:39PM +0200, Jan Ingvoldstad wrote: Apparently, my point was not very reader friendly, so I'll try again: Routing-wise, someone with 64 billion billion billion addresses, have about 16 billion billion ways to route the entire IPv4 internet, within the address space

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-03 New Policy Proposal (Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation Size)

2015-05-12 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 03:09:16PM +0200, Jan Ingvoldstad wrote: Well, yes, that's why I first wrote This change makes sense ??? I support it. -- Jan Oh yes, so you did. Should have read further up in the thread... cheers, Sascha Luck

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-01 Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

2015-05-12 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 05:01:58PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: Actually while it was according to the letter of the policy, I think it will be hard to find someone to actually say it was according to the spirit of the last-/8 policy. So I'd challenge the reasonable in your statement. A LIR now

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-01 Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

2015-05-11 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:14:24PM +0200, Elvis Daniel Velea wrote: This has already happened before (remember 2007-01?) and it happens with every change of policy.. 2007-01 is a good example of why ex post facto changes are a bad idea. This was controversial then and is still controversial

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-01 Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

2015-05-11 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 09:32:19PM +0200, Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN wrote: This is borderline to bad faith. ISTR you not being very happy about being accused on this list, so I would thank you very much, indeed, not to accuse me of acting in bad faith. Yours sincerely, Sascha Luck

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-03 New Policy Proposal (Assessment Criteria for IPv6 Initial Allocation Size)

2015-04-28 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 02:00:40PM +0200, Marco Schmidt wrote: The proposal aims to expand the criteria for evaluating initial IPv6 allocations larger than a /29. The RIPE NCC would consider additional aspects beyond only the number of existing users and extent of the organisation's

Re: [address-policy-wg] Hoarding /22 out of 185/8

2015-04-28 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:05:57AM +0100, Carlos Friacas wrote: What i don't like is the ability for someone to create a new LIR knowing it will be decommissioned later, because the only intent is to catch a /22. You can't prove this intent and creating a company with the expectation that it

Re: [address-policy-wg] Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations

2015-04-27 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 01:34:43PM +0200, Erik Bais wrote: This policy is not keep people from opening a new LIR .. it is to keep people from opening a new LIR and transfer the IP range for profit to someone else and shutdown the LIR within the first year... In all the recent 'upheaval' it may

Re: [address-policy-wg] APNIC temporarily freezing v4 transfers to RIPE NCC?

2015-03-12 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 03:36:41PM +, Nick Hilliard wrote: and without knowing the background it seems peculiar that APNIC feels it necessary to consult ARIN about APNIC-RIPE NCC resource transfers. I reckon APNIC is afraid they will not get transfers from ARIN if there is a possibility

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-01 New Policy Proposal (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

2015-02-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:21:12PM +0100, Martin Millnert wrote: This proposal serves the purpose of shutting off access to 'cheap' IPv4 for new businesses, definitely forcing them to turn to the IPv4 resellers who in turn can protect their prices. I can't actually see that. The proposal

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2015-01 New Policy Proposal (Alignment of Transfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

2015-02-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 03:19:04PM +0100, Elvis Daniel Velea wrote: The limitation to only one /22 (from the last /8) per LIR has been approved by this community years ago. Reverting this policy proposal is a discussion that I would like to see in a separate thread and not part of the

Re: [address-policy-wg] 2014-13 New Policy Proposal (Allow AS Number Transfers)

2014-11-10 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:44:06AM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote: resoures since its inception. I think transfers should be out in the open, as well. There has been some worry of speculation and hoarding post IPv4 depletion, with the transfer list out in the open we can all take a look to check if

Re: [address-policy-wg] address-policy-wg Digest, Vol 39, Issue 10

2014-11-09 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 04:06:34PM +, Lu wrote: Should we put address policy wh together with IPv6 wg? Why we need two different wg for addressing?the day we start treat IPv6 as normal IP address is the day we really in a world of v6. It's a fair point, actually. IPv6 should no longer be