19 Sep
2012
19 Sep
'12
5:42 p.m.
On 19/09/2012 22:02, David Conrad wrote:
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.
the ripe ncc has short-circuited this particular argument by committing to hand back to IANA any legacy address space which is handed back to it. I.e. makes no difference - it ends up at IANA anyway. Nick