[136507] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: And so it ends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Thu Feb 3 11:52:09 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:39:13 +0000
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Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Benson Schliesser wrote:
> That's what the RIR might say. But without legal authority (e.g. under c=
ontract, as a regulator, or through statutory authority) it is difficult or=
impossible to enforce.
Transfers are permitted in the ARIN region per the community developed poli=
cies.
> We can talk about how people "should" return addresses, or "should" justi=
fy transfers, etc, but we would only be begging. Transfers will take place=
outside the RIR scope, because RIR transfer/market policy doesn't accommod=
ate reality.
Such transfers should be reported when noticed, so the resources can be rec=
laimed and reissued.
> Or, we can fix policy..?
Absolutely... if the policy doesn't match your needs, please make a policy =
proposal.=20
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
