[AfriNIC-rpd] Re: Proposal: Reclamation of allocated but unrouted IPv4 addresses.

[Owen DeLong]

I oppose this proposal.

1.	There are many legitimate uses of address space that will not appear in publicly visible routing tables.
2.	There is no "The routing table". There are many routing tables each with its own subtle differences.
	Failure to appear in any particular one should not cause resource revocation.
3.	This policy is not in the best interests of the community and could lead to unnecessary litigation
	and other problems.

Owen

On Feb 9, 2011, at 6:54 AM, sm+afrinic at elandsys.com wrote:

> Hi Jack,
> At 09:53 AM 2/8/2011, Jackson Muthili wrote:
>> I would like to submit another proposal below.
> 
> Your proposal is being forwarded to the Resource Policy Discussion mailing list (rpd at afrinic.net) for discussion.  We will contact you about the identifier for your proposal once the template for proposals and the implementation details of the current Policy Development Process has been to be finalized.
> 
> Regards,
> Alan Barrett and S. Moonesamy
> Interim co-chairs, AfriNIC Policy Development Working Group
> 
>> Draft Policy Name: Reclamation of allocated but unrouted IPv4 addresses.
>> Author: Jackson Muthili | <mailto:jacksonmuthi at gmail.com>jacksonmuthi at gmail.com | IP Consultant
>> Submission Date: February 8th 2011
>> 
>> 1.0 Summary of the Problem Being Addressed by this Policy Proposal
>> 
>> With the depletion of ICANN/IANA pool relatively sooner than later, and the AfriNIC pool, ISPs will soon be faced with the tough reality of IPv4 address scarcity. Some studies indicate that there is a lot of IPv4 that has been allocated but is not used or routed. This proposal attempts to find a way to free this space so that it can be issued to ISPs that have a real use for it.
>> 
>> 2.0 The Proposal
>> 
>> The following will apply to all IPv4 issued after before policy is implemented:
>> 
>> 2.1 IPv4 distributed by AfriNIC to the ISP must be seen on the routing table within 90 days of getting the addresses.
>> 2.2 AfriNIC must issue three 7-day interval warnings to the ISP that is in violation of 2.1 after the 90th day of getting the IPv4.
>> 2.3 AfriNIC must regain the IPv4 from the ISP 7 days after the last warning. The IPv4 can be given to another ISP by AfriNIC when appropriate.
>> 
>> The following will apply to all IPv4 issued after the policy is implemented:
>> 
>> 2.4 IPv4 distributed by AfriNIC to the ISP must be seen on the routing table within 30 days of getting the addresses.
>> 2.5 AfriNIC must issue two 7-day interval warnings to the member that is in violation of 2.4 after the 30th day of getting the IPv4.
>> 2.6 AfriNIC must regain the IPv4 from the ISP 7 days after the last warning. The IPv4 can be given to another ISP by AfriNIC when appropriate.
>> 
>> 3.0 Summary
>> 
>> While this proposal will not significantly extend the lifetime of IPv4, it will ensure that unused IPv4 is righfully utilized and not hoarded by those ISPs that have no use for it.
>> 
>> 4.0 References
>> <http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/>http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/
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