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--></style></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Daniel,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The transfers policy in RIPE, in my opinion, is not a good one, and this article proves it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There are two main reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It is not based on “justified-need”, so a bad Internet actor willing to use the resources for abuse activities can get resources, misuse them for a while, now the resources are “dirty” and he can transfer them again and do the same with new “clean” resources.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The legacy resources transferred with this policy, stay as legacy, which is one more way to avoid fulfilling the policies, because legacy holders aren’t bind to the relevant RSAs.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This is why, the LACNIC proposal, which I authored, went in a different direction, trying to ensure that this doesn’t happens.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And this is why, my AFRINIC proposal goes into the same direction as the LACNIC one, while making sure at the same time that it is as close as possible to the existing Intra-RIR that we already have in AFRINIC, at the same time ensuring that the proposal is “reciprocal” (compatible) with the other regions so it really can work:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-ipv4-002-d4#proposal"><span lang=EN-US>https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-ipv4-002-d4#proposal</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jordi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>@jordipalet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>El 13/9/20 21:45, "Murungi Daniel" <<a href="mailto:dmurungi@wia.co.tz">dmurungi@wia.co.tz</a>> escribió:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Good evening all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>I came across an interesting paper on RIPE labs which details abuse of IPv4 transfers (</span><a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vgiotsas/a-first-look-at-the-misuse-and-abuse-of-ipv4-transfer-markets">https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vgiotsas/a-first-look-at-the-misuse-and-abuse-of-ipv4-transfer-markets</a><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>). A couple of highlights,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>- 85% of the transfer are Intra-RIR</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>- Important proportion of transfers involved in malicious activities.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>- RIPE region shows biggest misuses inside the “sale” transfers</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>- AFRINIC and Lacnic transfers did not show misuses.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>T</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>he full document: <span style='color:#1F6BC0'><a href="https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/139789/1/VGiotsas_PAM2020_IPv4_Transfers_abuse.pdf">https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/139789/1/VGiotsas_PAM2020_IPv4_Transfers_abuse.pdf</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>What lessons can the RPD learn from this research? What can we do differently within the AFRINIC policy framework?</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Regards,</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Murungi Daniel</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1F6BC0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'>_______________________________________________ RPD mailing list RPD@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd <o:p></o:p></p></div><br>**********************************************<br>
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