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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/Jul/17 21:00, Owen DeLong wrote:</div>
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<div>Do you honestly believe that if AfriNIC allows long transfers
it will magically cause ISPs to start accepting long prefixes
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Not magically, but if an ISP obtains a /26 by way of transfer, they
could put their service provider under pressure to route it. Of
course, that exchange is outside of AFRINIC's scope, and I know any
language to manage that could be over-reaching, but I suppose what
I'm trying to do is to remove the opportunity to have the discussion
in the first place.<br>
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<div>I think it is prudent, but I think because those that might
be gullible enough to buy a longer prefix are likely those who
don’t really understand the ramifications resulting in some
rather awkward subsequent arguments where AfriNIC is dragged in
despite being only the recorder of the transfer and not party to
the terms of the sale so to speak.</div>
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I have seen strange things in my day. This wouldn't surprise me in
the least.<br>
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But in all fairness, I'm not that horny for such text to be in
policy. Something like this can easily self-correct if it did
happen. But if the text were there, I wouldn't mind either.<br>
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Mark.<br>
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