[136625] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: And so it ends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Thu Feb 3 17:39:16 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:29:58 +0000
In-Reply-To: <76CBE1FA-FDFF-446D-8ACA-C304D9CA2DE2@virtualized.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:42 PM, David Conrad wrote:
> Second, neither ICANN nor the USG has (to my knowledge) declared the RIRs=
to be "successor registries" (whatever they are). =20
David - ARIN succeeded Network Solutions in 1997 in the performance of IP n=
umber assignment, Autonomous System number assignment, and IN-ADDR.ARPA tas=
ks.
> However, pragmatically speaking, the folks who matter in any of this are =
the ISPs. The RIRs exist primarily as a means by which ISPs can avoid doin=
g a myriad set of bilateral agreements as to who "owns" what address space =
to ensure uniqueness. If the RIRs reduce their value by no longer providin=
g that service in an effective way (e.g., by doing what you suggest), I sus=
pect the ISPs would find other entities to provide global uniqueness servic=
es.
Full agreement on that point.
/John
