[136529] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: And so it ends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ernie Rubi)
Thu Feb 3 12:50:56 2011
From: Ernie Rubi <ernesto@cs.fiu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <8CB83F29-CE39-4775-84E0-8F57A932225D@arin.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:26:47 -0500
To: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
OK so the argument is the 'community' is ARIN's source of legal power or =
is the corporate laws of the State of Virginia?
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On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:57 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.
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>> 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?)
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> Resources are listed in the ARIN WHOIS database, which is administered =
per policies established by the community in this region.
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> Short answer: there's no shortage of authority updating that database =
as long as the community wishes it so.
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> /John
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> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
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