IP range for lease

Mon Jul 10 20:47:34 UTC 2023

On July 5, 2023 at 19:06 nanog at nanog.org (Owen DeLong via NANOG) wrote:
 > Karin,
 > 
 > Opinions regarding leasing vary throughout the industry. In my opinion, since
 > the shift to provider assigned addresses during the CIDR efforts in the mid
 > 1990s, the majority of addresses have been leased in one form or another. 
 > 
 > The only thing novel here is the leasing of addresses independent of
 > connectivity services. However, once the RIRs and their communities normalized
 > the sale of addresses through directed transfer policies, I think this was an
 > inevitable next step in the devolution of IPv4 into a monetized asset. 
 > 
 > It doesn’t help that the earliest and most prolific adopters of this form of
 > leasing have been snowshoe spammers. 
 > 
 > However, there are leasing agencies that insist on getting proper justification
 > from their customers and have strong anti-abuse policies. I would strongly
 > encourage you to seek out such an organization to partner with if you choose to
 > lease your addresses as there are a number of pitfalls you can encounter
 > otherwise. 
 > 
 > Owen

That was so...responsibly put. I almost thought I wasn't on nanog!

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