[125166] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Fri Apr 9 13:34:21 2010
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <2BB98A16-3FC3-4DBE-B197-4614D8B3D2CE@delong.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:34:00 -1000
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Owen,
On Apr 9, 2010, at 7:07 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> No, ARIN is not a regulator. Regulators have guns or access to people =
with
> guns to enforce the regulations that they enact. ARIN has no such =
power.
I'm a little confused on the distinction you're making. Today, ARIN can =
remove whois data/reverse delegations as a way of enforcing =
'regulations'. In the future, assuming RPKI is deployed, ARIN could, in =
theory, revoke the certification of a resource. While not a gun, these =
are means of coercion. Are you being literal when you say "gun" or =
figurative?
Regards,
-drc
