[171242] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPv4 Address transfer after company acquisition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Wed Apr 23 14:27:47 2014
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:29:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAF=8XeUoSjny4sRgiMEBNDuVHre9gnnn8nCapx+kP6Ce805x0w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, John Jackson wrote:
> I have a customer who previously didn't have any IPv4 address space. They
> recently acquired a competitor that has a /24.
>
> Are there any special ARIN rules for this type of transfer?
>
> Any pointers, or 'gotchas'?
I'm pretty sure ARIN has the transfer process documented on their website.
From what I remember, ARIN will need to see some documentation of the
acquisition, including a letter of agency/authorization from the company
that was acquired, on the original company's letterhead.
jms