[136524] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: And so it ends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benson Schliesser)
Thu Feb 3 12:37:18 2011
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
In-Reply-To: <8CB83F29-CE39-4775-84E0-8F57A932225D@arin.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 11:07:14 -0600
To: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:57 AM, John Curran wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Benson Schliesser wrote:
>>> Such transfers should be reported when noticed, so the resources can =
be reclaimed and reissued.
>>=20
>> Is any RIR authorized, in a legal sense, to "reclaim" legacy address =
blocks that RIR didn't "issue"? Without that legal authority, is any =
RIR prepared to accommodate the legal damages stemming from =
"reclamation"? (Does the RIR membership support such action, in the =
first place?)
>=20
> Resources are listed in the ARIN WHOIS database, which is administered =
per policies established by the community in this region.
>=20
> Short answer: there's no shortage of authority updating that database =
as long as the community wishes it so.
I respect the community-driven process and I respect that ARIN's role is =
to enforce community-developed policy. =46rom that perspective, thank =
you for your answer.
But that's only valid up to a point. If the community declared =
overwhelmingly that ARIN should start clubbing random people over the =
head, I suspect your legal counsel would take issue with that policy and =
ARIN would refuse to enforce it.
Of course this is only theoretical at the moment. The rubber will meet =
the road soon, now that the exhaustion phase has arrived.
Cheers,
-Benson
