[136808] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Leasing" of space via non-connectivity providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sat Feb 5 07:41:02 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: "bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com" <bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 12:40:44 +0000
In-Reply-To: <20110205105731.GA20900@vacation.karoshi.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 5, 2011, at 5:57 AM, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>> For the ARIN region, it would be nice to know how you'd like ARIN perfor=
m
>> in the presence of such activity ("leasing" IP addresses by ISP not prov=
iding
>> connectivity). It's possible that such is perfectly reasonable and to s=
imply
>> be ignored, it's also possible that such should be considered a fraudule=
nt=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.
>> ...
>=20
> the practice predates ARIN by many years... FWIW...
Good to know; it makes its omission from RFC2050 even more significant and=
=20
highlights the need for clear policy in this area. Ultimately, the questio=
n
is simply how the operator community wishes to have this treated, and there
should be alignment between that consensus and the number resource policy.=
=20
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
