[AfriNIC-rpd] RE:AFPUB-2011-v4-003-draft-02 - Limited Out of RegionAllocation of IPv4 Resources - of Legacy Space

[Andrew Alston]

McTim,

 

Returning MOST is a bit of a misnomer J

 

It is true that we returned some space that was largely swamp space,
because it was allocated to a fairly large number of people and spread
around all over the place, and it was better to hand that space over to
AfriNIC for management.  However, space that was not used/allocated out
of 3 /16s was kept for future expansion.  There was no "requirement" for
us to return that space that I know of though. (I can get some details
on that though, it was a process put in motion before my time)

 

Andrew

 

 

From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 2:03 PM
To: Andrew Alston
Cc: Walubengo J; rpd at afrinic.net; mje at posix.co.za
Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] RE:AFPUB-2011-v4-003-draft-02 - Limited Out
of RegionAllocation of IPv4 Resources - of Legacy Space

 

 

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Andrew Alston <aa at tenet.ac.za> wrote:

I would be opposed to any policy that placed any restrictions on true
legacy space (that space that was assigned prior to the existence of
RIR's).

 

I am not at all convinced that such a policy could actually be legally
enforced anyway, since the space was allocated outside of the auspicious
of the RIR structures

 

Wasa it? Aren't the RIRs "agents" or "designees" of IANA who gavve the
allocated originally?  

 

Weren't legacy recipients supposed to return the space if they no longer
had a need for it?  I think your org set a precedent on this by
returning most of your legacy space to the RIR, no?

 

 

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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