[144758] 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 16:09:45 2011
In-Reply-To: <m2fwjtaats.wl%randy@psg.com>
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:08:38 -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 15:51, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>=20
> so your point is that your friends at depository.com will be attractive
> to ip address space buyers because they will offer a less religious rsa.
> and the question is whether the ops community will believe their whois
> and install a separate rpki trust root for them?
For instance, yes.
I'm also wondering if the ops community will accept other sources of proof s=
uch as legal documents (or something else?), in lieu of Whois records from a=
n RIR, Depository, or elsewhere.=20
> could be. but i would not want to have that as my business plan.
>=20
> randy, who is all for a less religious rsa
You wouldn't bet on ARIN being religious for the foreseeable future? ;) Or, y=
ou wouldn't bet on the ops community embracing alternatives?
Cheers,
-Benson
