[136517] in North American Network Operators' Group
"Leasing" of space via non-connectivity providers (was: Re: And so
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Thu Feb 3 12:18:01 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:54:42 +0000
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.1102031117250.5148@soloth.lewis.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Jon Lewis wrote:
> My point being, the leasing of IP space to non-connectivity customers is =
already well established, whether it's technically permitted by the [ir]rel=
evant RIRs. I fully expect this to continue and spread. Eventually, holder=
s of large legacy blocks will realize they can make good money acting as an=
LIR, leasing portions of their unused space to people who need it and can'=
t get it, want it and don't qualify, etc.
>=20
> These start-up LIRs won't be bound by RIR policies, both because in some =
cases they'll be legacy space holders with no RSA with their region's RIR, =
and because they won't be worried about eligibility for future RIR allocati=
ons of v4 space...because there won't be any.
For the ARIN region, it would be nice to know how you'd like ARIN perform
in the presence of such activity ("leasing" IP addresses by ISP not providi=
ng
connectivity). It's possible that such is perfectly reasonable and to simp=
ly
be ignored, it's also possible that such should be considered a fraudulent=
=20
transfer and the resources reclaimed. At the end of the day, the policy is
set by this community, and clarity over ambiguity is very helpful.
Policy proposal process: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
