On 30 Sep 2016, at 1:47 PM, Enno Rey <erey@ernw.de> wrote:
... Note also there's voices recommending not to sign an RSA for legacy space (in certain situations, at least), see http://ipv4marketgroup.com/dont-sign-an-rsa-during-your-82-ipv4-transfer/.
Probably best to talk to a variety of IP brokers (including the one publishing the above blog) for more current information, as this has been a fairly rapidly changing area and the referenced blog contains both inaccuracies and statements that lack context. For example, there is a suggestion not to undertake a “NRPM 8.2 Merger and Acquisition IPV4 transfer” due to the need to sign an RSA in the process. The advice may be applicable to some who are adverse to the RSA, but is specifically about only one type of transfer, i.e. transfer via merger and acquisition, not an specified IP address block sale as most people consider… Another example is the assertion that "ARIN says it will then not allow transfers from ARIN to RIPE, once inter-RIR transfers are allowed by RIPE, because there is no “like” needs based policy.” While that might have been correct at one point in time, RIPE did adopt a rather generous needs-based policy that is indeed compatible with ARIN’s inter-RIR transfer policy, and we’ve done many transfers to the RIPE region since that time. The combination of inaccuracies and outdated information dilute the value of historical blog posts, so caveat emptor when revisiting such… FYI, /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN