On 22/12/2009 3:36, "Jon Lewis" <jle...@lewis.org> wrote: [...]
> They may be. I don't agree that it's relevant. You can disagree with the > RIPE wording or with RIPE policies, or maybe I'm misinterpreting > > ASSIGNED PA: This address space has been assigned to an End User for use > with services provided by the issuing LIR. It cannot be kept when > terminating services provided by the LIR. > > My interpretation of the above is ASSIGNED PA is the equivalent of my > assigning IP space to a customer who either buys transit (connectivity) > from us or colo's or buys server hosting from us where they will use that > IP space. We don't simply lease out IP space for "customers" to use as > they please on other networks. I am sure that your interpretation was the original intent of the policy text. However, the wording could also be read in a way that allows an LIR to just provide registry services, without providing any connectivity services. Regards, Leo
