Hi Jordi, Have you done any analysis to check how big a problem it is in the APNIC service region? for example check all (or may be a subset of) the allocations and assignments by the APNIC along with their allocated ASN(s) and see if those resources are originating from these ASN(s).
Regards, Aftab A. Siddiqui On Wed, 7 Sept 2022 at 20:37, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via sig-policy < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I definitively agree with that: The most honorable thing will be to > return resources that you don’t use for your directly connected customers. > > > > However, not allowing that when the community accepted it long time ago, > would have been a failure, because many organizations just look for their > own interest instead of the global community one. > > > > In the case of leasing is already not covered by policies, we just want to > make sure that it is sufficiently clear. > > > > Regards, > > Jordi > > @jordipalet > > > > > > > > El 2/9/22, 9:23, "Gaurav Kansal" <[email protected]> escribió: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > In my opinion, even Trading of IPs (leave apart the lease for making > dollars) in the name of transfers must be stopped. > > If organisation doesn’t need IPs , then those must be returned back so > that smaller organisations can get it from the RIR. > > > > Currently, only the one which have millions of dollars can think of > getting IPs. In today’s scenario, no one can start the Data Centre, ISP > business without investing millions in IPs. Even education and research org > doesn’t have an option to get IPs from RIR. > > > > This is like horse trading and isn’t a good practice for the community as > a whole. > > > > Regards, > > Gaurav Kansal > > > > > > On 02-Sep-2022, at 12:20, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Dear Team, > > > > As Mr. Satoru, mentioned there are changes, but if carefully implemented > in phased manner, unauthorised leasing can be stopped. > > > > For example in first phase, leasing among countries can be stopped, if the > owner company doesn't provide any services beyond its home country. For > example if a company in India doesn't have any operation in Singapore or > Japan , can't lease resources to those companies in Singapore or Japan. > This can be verified by taking business registration documents of both > lease and lessor. > > Once this is done same may be granularized at RIR level, where in country > like India, leasing can be restricted to the licensed service area for > service provider within their designated service area. > > This may stop majority of issues, barring few exceptions. > > Some more brainstorming is required for better understanding and precise > implementation. > > > > Regards, > > > > Rajesh Panwala > > For Smartlink Solutions Pvt Ltd > > +91-9227886001 > > +91-9426110781 > > > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2022, 10:44 AM Tsurumaki, Satoru <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > I am Satoru Tsurumaki from Japan Open Policy Forum Steering Team.. > > I would like to share key feedback in our community for prop-148, > based on a meeting we organised on 29th Aug to discuss these proposals. > > Many participants support the intent of the proposal but felt that > implementation would be challenging. > > (comment details) > - It is undisputed that the current policy allows for the distribution > of IP addresses according to the actual demand of one's own > organization or directly connected customers, and does not allow for > the leasing of IP addresses. > - I think this proposal would be useful if the concept of leasing is > accurately defined. > - Leasing IP addresses that damage the accuracy of whois information > should not be allowed, but I find it difficult to implement. > > > Regards, > > Satoru Tsurumaki / JPOPF Steering Team > > 2022年8月26日(金) 17:27 Shaila Sharmin <[email protected]>: > > > > Dear SIG members, > > > > A new version of the proposal "prop-148-v002: Clarification - Leasing of > > Resources is not Acceptable" has been sent to the Policy SIG for review. > > > > Information about earlier versions is available from: > > > > http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-148 > > > > You are encouraged to express your views on the proposal: > > > > - Do you support or oppose the proposal? > > - Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear? > > - What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more > effective? > > > > Please find the text of the proposal below. > > > > Regards, > > Bertrand, Shaila, and Ching-Heng > > APNIC Policy SIG Chairs > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > prop-148-v002: Clarification - Leasing of Resources is not Acceptable > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Proposer: Jordi Palet Martinez ([email protected]) > > Amrita Choudhury ([email protected]) > > Fernando Frediani ([email protected]) > > > > > > 1. Problem statement > > -------------------- > > RIRs have been conceived to manage, allocate and assign resources > > according to need, in such a way that a LIR/ISP has addresses to be able > > to directly connect its customers based on justified need. Addresses are > > not, therefore, a property with which to trade or do business. > > > > When the justification of the need disappears or changes, for whatever > > reasons, the expected thing would be to return said addresses to the > > RIR, otherwise according to Section 4.1. (“The original basis of the > > delegation remains valid”) and 4.1.2. (“Made for a specific purpose that > > no longer exists, or based on information that is later found to be > > false or incomplete”) of the policy manual, APNIC is not enforced to > > renew the license. An alternative is to transfer these resources using > > the appropriate transfer policy. > > > > If the leasing of addresses is authorized, contrary to the original > > spirit of the policies and the very existence of the RIRs, the link > > between connectivity and addresses disappears, which also poses security > > problems, since, in the absence of connectivity, the resource holder who > > has received the license to use the addresses does not have immediate > > physical control to manage/filter them, which can cause damage to the > > entire community. > > > > Therefore, it should be made explicit in the Policies that the Internet > > Resources should not be leased “per se”, but only as part of a direct > > connectivity service. > > > > The existing policies of APNIC are not explicit about that, however > > current policies do not regard the leasing of addresses as acceptable, > > if they are not an integral part of a connectivity service. > > Specifically, the justification of the need would not be valid for those > > blocks of addresses whose purpose is not to directly connect customers > > of an LIR/ISP, and consequently the renewal of the annual license for > > the use of the addresses would not be valid either. Sections 3.2.6. > > (Address ownership), 3.2.7. (Address stockpiling) and 3.2.8. > > (Reservations not supported) of the policy manual, are keys on this > > issue, but an explicit clarification is required. > > > > > > 2. Objective of policy change > > ----------------------------- > > Despite the fact that the intention in this regard underlies the entire > > Policy Manual text and is thus applied to justify the need for > > resources, this proposal makes this aspect explicit by adding the > > appropriate clarifying text. > > > > > > 3. Situation in other regions > > ----------------------------- > > In other RIRs, the leasing of addresses is not authorized either and > > since it is not explicit in their policy manuals either, this proposal > > will be presented as well. > > > > Nothing is currently mentioned in RIPE about this and it is not > > acceptable as a justification of the need. In AFRINIC and LACNIC, the > > staff has confirmed that address leasing is not considered as valid for > > the justification. In ARIN it is not considered valid as justification > > of need. > > > > A similar proposal is under discussion in LACNIC and ARIN. > > > > > > 4. Proposed policy solution > > --------------------------- > > 5.8. Leasing of Internet Number Resources > > > > In the case of Internet number resources delegated by APNIC or an NIR, > > the justification of the need implies the need to use on their own > > infrastructure and/or network connectivity services provided directly to > > customers. As a result, any form of IP address leasing is unacceptable, > > nor does it justify the need, if it is not part of a set of services > > based, at the very least, on direct connectivity. Even for networks that > > are not connected to the Internet, leasing of IP addresses is not > > permitted, because such sites can request direct assignments from APNIC > > or the relevant NIR and, in the case of IPv4, use private addresses or > > arrange market transfers. > > > > APNIC may proactively investigate those cases and also initiate the > > investigation in case of reports by means of a form, email address or > > other means developed by APNIC. > > > > If any form of leasing, regardless of when the delegation has been > > issued, is confirmed by an APNIC investigation, it will be considered a > > policy violation and revocation may apply against any account holders > > who are leasing or using them for any purposes not specified in the > > initial request. > > > > > > 5. Advantages / Disadvantages > > ----------------------------- > > Advantages: > > Fulfilling the objective above indicated and making the policy clear. > > > > Disadvantages: > > None. > > > > > > 6. Impact on resource holders > > ----------------------------- > > None. > > > > > > 7. 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