[21243] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kim Hubbard)
Sun Nov 8 19:33:59 1998
To: rmeyer@mhsc.com (Roeland M.J. Meyer)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 18:51:55 -0500 (EST)
Cc: karl@Denninger.Net, patrick@ianai.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199811071041.CAA20000@condor.lvrmr.mhsc.com> from "Roeland M.J. Meyer" at Nov 7, 98 02:41:26 am
From: Kim Hubbard <kimh@arin.net>
>
> At 06:53 AM 11/6/98 -0600, Karl Denninger wrote:
>
> >Why should ARIN be able to put someone's business model into the trash can
> >because of technical complience issues?
>
> The same way that Auto Insurance companies can revoke your license in
> California. They simply revoke you insurance policy after you gather 3
> point agaisnt you driving record. According to CA-DMV, you license
> immediately becomes suspended for lack of insurance. Notice that the legal
> suspension limit is more than 6 points. However, the over-arching
> requirement is liability insurance. Thus, placing the control with the
> insurance companies (hell, I never said I *liked* living here).
>
> ARIN seems to be operating on a similar principle as the DMV.
I don't recall ARIN ever revoking or suspending addresses. I'd be
interested in any examples where ARIN has done this or are you just
making assumptions here?
Kim Hubbard
ARIN
>
>
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