[144756] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benson Schliesser)
Sun Sep 18 15:37:50 2011
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
In-Reply-To: <m2ipopacs3.wl%randy@psg.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:36:58 -0400
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 18, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>> IPv4 trading is already taking place, what are you (as operators)
>> planning to do when asked to route prefixes that have been
>> bought/sold? Will you accept alternative (whois) registry sources?
>=20
> why the heck should i have to? the iana and the frelling rirs' one
> principal task is to register. if they do not register transfers then
> what are we all smoking?
I don't disagree...
> and, as far as i know, they are registering
> transfers from sale of ip assets.
Apparently true for some. But I'm told of others that have bought =
legacy IPv4 prefixes with no intention of updating whois at this time - =
no desire to enter into a relationship with ARIN and be subjected to =
existing "policy", for instance. I can't speak for their rationale =
beyond this. But I do believe that several of them will try to get =
their prefix routed, at some point.
Cheers,
-Benson
