RIPE68 held in Warsaw, Poland marked the 25th anniversary of the Réseaux Internet Protocol Européens, the Regional Internet Registry for Europe and the Middle East. It was a well executed meeting with a large crowd of well over 500 attendees and many newcomers. I attended RIPE68 on behalf of IPv4 Market Group and presented the IPv4 Inter-RIR policy...

As an IPv4 broker, we are often asked by IPv4 owners if they should undertake an 8.2 Merger and Acquisition IPV4 transfer.  I fundamentally agree with the need for an accurate registry.   However, ARIN attempts to have the IPv4 owner sign a Registration Services Agreement (RSA) when a registry entry is brought up to date. Never sign an RSA as...