<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 September 2014 16:15, Daniel Kofi ANSA AKUFO <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kofi.ansa@gmail.com" target="_blank">kofi.ansa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 September 2014 18:16, Phil Regnauld <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:regnauld@nsrc.org" target="_blank">regnauld@nsrc.org</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">Daniel Kofi ANSA AKUFO (kofi.ansa) writes:<br>
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> I don't have an issue where IPs are used but my concern is when huge<br>
> resources in the order of /12 are issued to virtual ORGs and they tend to<br>
> abuse it for spamming and other activities. A typical example is the /16<br>
> block which was issued as part of /12 to an ORG last year.<br>
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> <a href="http://bgp.he.net/net/154.87.0.0/16#_dns" target="_blank">http://bgp.he.net/net/154.87.0.0/16#_dns</a><br>
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For reference:<br>
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<a href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2013-November/001382.html" target="_blank">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2013-November/001382.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2013-November/001429.html" target="_blank">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2013-November/001429.html</a><br>
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Things vary on a case by case basis, but in this particular one, there<br>
is supporting evidence that the blocks in question are being announced.<br>
How much of it is allocated to real services is unknown, but first we'd<br>
have to agree on a definition of "wasting the resources".<br></blockquote><div><div>Phil<br><br></div><div>In IMHO it is not about how much is
announced or even where ... but how much of the content served using these resources is beneficial to
the service region the IPs were assigned ...<br><br></div><div>Nevertheless the fact remains these virtual ORGs manage to secure such blocks due to the selfish corrupt practices of a few.<br><br></div><div>A lot of questions to be asked<br><br></div><div>Are
the RIRs so much in need of revenue? Are the potential members and ORGs
not consuming the resources? Are there double standards? Do the so
called management who want to sign off on these allocations have their
own processes?</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is not the job of the RIRs to decide if a business is beneficial or how valuable the LIR is.</div><div><br></div><div>However, it is the job of the RIR to make sure that claims are genuine and that the IPs are being actually used on real equipment for an actual purpose. I can see many ways in which an ORG might use multiple RIRs and fake applications to obtain a lot more address than the policy states. But once this is discovered the RIRs should reevaluate and if a past application is deemed fake/dishonest consider revoking the address block.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve </div></div>
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