[136873] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Leasing" of space via non-connectivity providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sat Feb 5 23:50:48 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 04:48:30 +0000
In-Reply-To: <392168FC-210F-4E52-98B8-49F4BE84DBCD@queuefull.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 5, 2011, at 11:31 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote:
> ...
> The ARIN community decides ARIN policy. That policy doesn't inherently r=
eflect "community standards" in the broader sense, or inherently align with=
the law for that matter. If the ARIN community were to instruct ARIN to o=
perate in an illegal capacity, for instance, the fact that a "community" re=
ached "consensus" on the matter would be a ridiculous defense.
Benson -=20
=20
You are correct that consensus doesn't assure legality; hence
all draft policies receive a specific staff and legal review=20
during the development process.=20
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
