[136635] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: And so it ends...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benson Schliesser)
Thu Feb 3 18:07:41 2011
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:05:16 -0600
In-Reply-To: <A0524BE2-8974-447E-96F1-E9106B61C05C@corp.arin.net>
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On Feb 3, 2011, at 4:29 PM, John Curran wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:42 PM, David Conrad wrote:
>=20
>> Second, neither ICANN nor the USG has (to my knowledge) declared the =
RIRs to be "successor registries" (whatever they are). =20
>=20
> David - ARIN succeeded Network Solutions in 1997 in the performance of =
IP number assignment, Autonomous System number assignment, and =
IN-ADDR.ARPA tasks.
I succeeded my father. That fact does not automatically grant me any =
authority of his - it has to be legally provided for (e.g. inherited per =
the law) if I'm to claim it legitimately.
Does ARIN have a privileged legal status as a result of their formation =
by NetSol, by contract with IANA or the US Govt, or otherwise?
-Benson
