Got it. Yeah, it's definitely tricky.
The other aspect is that a decent chunk of the IPv4 space at least is fairly dynamic. We've seen some blocks change owners every few weeks.
Re:IPv4 pricing
by 2Gkashmiri on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:50PM
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can i ask a question? is it possible for people to "own" ipv4 addresses? like we can own domain names? something like /29 Subnet or /28?
if i spent like a hundred bucks or something, i dont know... just asking. how would that work, does that "bring your own ip" that vps providers talk about mean this?
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Re:IPv4 pricing
by JustFinishedBSG on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:52PM
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Yes by becoming an ASN.
In pactice you cannot have less than a /24 because nobody will announce less than a /24
(for fraud detection it switches from block to identify)
for IPv4 this is generally the /32 (the single IPv4 address)
for IPv6 it's probably a /64, but may be a /56 or even a /48, and on some crappy providers even a /128
if the subnet is smaller than you think it is you risk banning an entire ISP (or country), whereas if if it's too large the abuse continues
it's quite a complicated problem as by design you can have subletting (subnetting!) within a block, e.g. a VPS provider gets a /48 from its ISP, and then they sublets out /64s to their customers (while not necessarily giving them all their own RIPE/ARIN records)