[128694] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lightly used IP addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sat Aug 14 11:45:34 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <32655709.176.1281760437814.JavaMail.franck@franck-martins-macbook-pro.local>
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:40:28 -0700
To: Franck Martin <franck@genius.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Aug 13, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
> Funny!=20
>=20
> On one hand people talk about ARIN providing IP allocation at nearly =
zero cost and on the other hand talking that ARIN goes after companies =
that use their allocation for abuse (which has a non trivial cost and =
potential expensive lawsuits)...
>=20
> Do you know what you want?
Let's clarify the definition of abuse in this context. We are not =
talking about people who use their IPs to abuse the network. We are =
talking about resource recipients who use their allocations or =
assignments in contravention to the policies under which they received =
them (and thus contrary to the RSA which they signed when they received =
them).
Not that I don't think going after network abuse is worth while, it =
absolutely is, but, that's not within the current scope of ARIN policy. =
The community would need to come to consensus on a definition of abuse =
and the desire for ARIN to take on such a role before it would be =
possible.
For now, ARIN's role is limited to the administration of the address =
space in the public trust. That includes taking action to resolve =
situations where addresses are being used in a manner contrary to the =
ARIN policies developed by the community.
Owen
