[AfriNIC-rpd] IPV4 Depletion issues and implications

[Alan Levin]

Hi,

Thanks Badru for posing these questions.  I offer some answers that  
are my personal opinion only, meant as a straw man. I am no expert and  
participate for discussion purposes and learning.

On 26 Mar 2008, at 9:36 AM, Badru Ntege wrote:
> 1. Should the RIRs jointly undertake policies or practices to  
> regarding the
> depletion of the free pools of the IANA or RIRs?

I think that the answer has to be yes. Is it possible for it to be no?

I don't think that they necessarily need to be uniform policies but  
there must be - and already are - such policies, I believe.

> a. Should a central pool be created to gather returned IP address  
> space?

No, I think this should be handled by each RIR.

> How should this pool be administered and managed? Should this be
> established by an inter-RIR policy?

No, at this stage I think we consider some cases.

>        b. Is there a deleterious effect caused by the adoption of  
> differing
> transfer policies in some regions that are more liberal than those  
> that
> currently exist in the regions?

This needs to be phrased in plain english but I attempt a response.

I think that there will be a "deleterious effect" if some RIRs are  
dictated to by other RIRs. This will basically make things very  
difficult as members lose control of their own policy making roles and  
responsibilities.  So it will be far better to allow each RIR their  
own policy, although in my experience there is a sufficient cross  
pollination of policy makers to ensure that they are all aligned.

>        c. Should an inter-RIR policy be developed for the purpose of
> conducting transfers of Internet Number Resources between regions?

I think not until we know more.
How is this different from Qu1?

regards

Alan




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