[arin-ppml] Policy Proposal 2010-10 - Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion

[Hannigan, Martin]

On 9/1/10 3:22 PM, "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> Consider the following two possibilities:
> 
> 1. We put forth a policy which can pass in the APNIC region which allows IANA
> to allocate returned space.
> 
> 2. We don't get a global policy and the ITU uses that fact as an example of
> why the RIR system cannot be trusted with such a vital resource.

Doesn't the discrepancy in transfer policy already do that?


> I don't like APNICs transfer policy any more than you do, but I think there is
> more at stake not having a global policy than the concern about what happens
> to a few final breadcrumbs of IPv4 or any particular RIR getting more than
> their share of those crumbs.


I think that we get the message with regards to the transfer section and we
already identified that the problem with the allocation method was a
mechanical problem and an suggested update is pending.

Best,

-M<