[194088] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Thu Mar 16 19:31:30 2017
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:31:01 -0400
To: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
> I have a government agency client with a number of /24s that they acquired back in the
> 1990s when they operated as an ISP for other agencies. They are interested in renting
> or selling these addresses. Are there any existing ARIN or other legal restrictions
> against government organizations doing this?
Hi Mel,
The agency may follow the same "specified transfer" process as
everyone else to sell the addresses. See ARIN NRPM section 8.5.
There's probably a legal mess around a government entity renting IP
addresses. If the entity is registered as an end user (instead of as
an ISP) then such rentals might also be considered fraudulent.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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