<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Mark Elkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank">mje@posix.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-"></span><br>
When we are in the Soft-Landing part of IPv4 or better still, the last<br>
25% of soft-landing - then maybe this could be an appropriate idea. The<br>
community can view and therefore report on any suspicious applications.<br>
This would probably make the whole assignment process take longer -<br>
which should be less of an issue then.<br></blockquote><div><br><div>I wouldn't wait until then to monitor and act on suspicious applications.<br><br></div><div>This
brings up again the need for seriously considering the proposed audit policy. If something has escaped us, we can
recall resources that were acquired through fraudulent applications.<br><br></div>Boubakar<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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> Dewole.<br>
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> On 07/11/2016 16:09, Mark Elkins wrote:<br>
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>> On 07/11/2016 16:53, Dewole Ajao wrote:<br>
>>> Once a week is good. ARIN has a daily issued feed but that's a bit<br>
>>> different from what I'm suggesting.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I agree the actual allocated/assigned ranges need not be disclosed; I do<br>
>>> however think that sharing the names of (applicant) organizations will<br>
>>> help with responsibility and possibly reduce the occurrence of phony<br>
>>> applications (if there have been any).<br>
>><br>
>> Isn't that basically declaring you don't trust AFRINIC staff to do the<br>
>> right thing?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> What I tend to hear (happened twice today) is that the Hostmasters are<br>
>> so strict - its extremely difficult to get things done (according to the<br>
>> entities moaning at me).<br>
>><br>
>> I therefore trust the Hostmasters - they are doing the right thing.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>> Dewole.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On 07/11/2016 15:35, Mark Elkins wrote:<br>
>>>> Interesting. I think though a once-a-week stats figure would be<br>
>>>> sufficient - perhaps with a projected end date?<br>
>>>> I've seen that before somewhere....<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> AFRINIC should not give out the names of the organisations receiving the<br>
>>>> address space or the actual ranges themselves though.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 07/11/2016 16:29, Dewole Ajao wrote:<br>
>>>>> Dear Community,<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I was wondering if anyone else thinks it would be useful to see<br>
>>>>> weekly/daily details (in human readable format) of new applications and<br>
>>>>> approvals for Internet number resources perhaps as a weekly/daily email<br>
>>>>> from AFRINIC to this (or the members) list.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Given increased depletion rates, I think having these details in<br>
>>>>> (almost) real-time will increase the community's awareness rather than<br>
>>>>> rely solely on the biannual statistical updates (which in any case do<br>
>>>>> not contain details of who is making attempts to acquire number<br>
>>>>> resources). I think the Org Name, Country, Type and size of resource<br>
>>>>> requested/approved would be even more useful than the resource type/size<br>
>>>>> and country data already available in delegation stats at<br>
>>>>> <a href="ftp://ftp.afrinic.net/pub/stats/afrinic/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.afrinic.net/pub/<wbr>stats/afrinic/</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> This would be purely operational and a community value addition so it<br>
>>>>> should not require a new policy, right?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Regards,<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Dewole Ajao.<br>
>>>>> (in my capacity as a community member)<br>
>>>>><br>
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