Re: [sig-policy] prop-050: IPv4 address transfers

["Alexander, Daniel" <Daniel_Alexander@Cable.Comcast.com>]

This is my first post to the APNIC region. Hopefully, this makes sense.

After reading through prop-050 I wanted to offer an interpretation. It
sounds like the intent is to accommodate IPv4 requirements in a post
IPv4/IANA depleted environment. My concern is this provides a means to
bypass current policies before the pool is depleted. I am referring to
the requirement, "The recipient entity must be a current APNIC account
holder." 

Say I am an organization and I want my own allocation, but do not
qualify under the initial allocation requirements of the RIR. I can
however, request an ASN. That would make me an account holder. I can
then secure a transfer of address space from another organization, and
bypass the RIR.

This may not be a bad thing to some, but it does bypass the purpose of
initial allocation requirements, and work against the principles of
aggregation. Adding an "and" to the requirement, might be a good
addition to the phrase. It could read something like, "The recipient
entity must be a current APNIC holder of address resources." or "The
recipient entity must be a current APNIC account holder and meet the
requirements of the initial allocation policies".

Just a thought. 

Dan Alexander