[156546] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Department of Work and Pensions, UK has an entire /8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Wed Sep 19 17:03:16 2012
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <450916D8-FA1D-4D43-BE8F-451D50DD6088@privaterra.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:02:30 -0700
To: Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Cc: NANOG List <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Robert,
On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org> =
wrote:
> Am I correct in assuming that the unused IP block would not be sold as =
is mentioned in the article, but instead be returned to RIPE to be =
reallocated?
Assuming for the sake of argument that the 51/8 is actually unused =
(which it apparently isn't), the UK gov't would be under no contractual =
obligation to return the address space to IANA (which is (arguably) the =
allocating registry, not RIPE) -- I believe that "class A" was allocated =
prior to the existence of the RIRs and registration service agreements.
Regards,
-drc
