[125321] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Mon Apr 12 12:11:06 2010
In-Reply-To: <4C3EFA25-69C2-47B9-8976-8AD329BE7C2D@arin.net>
From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:10:17 -0400
To: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:23 AM, John Curran <jcurran@arin.net> wrote:
> On Apr 12, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Joe Greco wrote:
>> Further, given the purported role that InterNIC played, "exchange of
>> value" as a prerequisite is a rather questionable position to rely on;
>> InterNIC had motivations other than a purely financial one to organize
>> IP allocations. =A0The number assignment function is critical to allowin=
g
>> the Internet to work smoothly.
>
> On this matter we do agree, since allocations prior to ARIN's formation w=
ere
> generally made pursuant to a US Government contract or cooperative agreem=
ent.
> While I don't consider addresses to be property, if you take the opposite=
view
> then there's very likely a significant body of procurement law which alre=
ady
> applies to property furnished in this manner and would be far more releva=
nt
> than any documentation that an address block recipient received at the ti=
me.
John, Joe:
If you want to understand the general thinking circa 1993, find a copy
of the first edition, third printing of the crab book (TCP/IP Network
Administration, O'Reilly) and read chapter 4. That was the reference
many of us followed when getting our first address blocks.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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