[137312] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Leasing" of space via non-connectivity providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Thu Feb 10 21:16:53 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:15:47 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4D549A7C.1000708@brightok.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
> Since you have gone through the process before. It would be nice (especia=
lly concerning the DoD networks) if you could ask if they plan to keep them=
(not monetize) and if you could make such a statement publicly.
>=20
> I mention this, as DoD is most common bogons utilized by people who need =
to steal IP addressing. Locking in a statement that there is no intention t=
o ever sell, transfer, or return those blocks would ease possible concerns =
on using them.
I'm not certain that you could rely on any organizations statements made to=
day=20
to provide any assurance that circumstances would not change in the future =
and=20
result in the address space being returned to ARIN or transferred per curre=
nt=20
policy.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
