[3235] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sprint NAP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Salo)
Thu Jun 20 15:43:58 1996
From: salo@msc.edu (Tim Salo)
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:38:06 -0500 (CDT)
To: Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net, roll@stupi.se
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> To: Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se>
> Cc: "nanog" <nanog@merit.edu>
> Subject: Sprint NAP
> From: Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:04:26 +0200
>
> > Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se> writes:
> >
> > SPRINT NETWORK ACCESS POINT (NAP)
> > TERMS AND CONDITIONS
> > ....
> >
> > 6. IP Address Assignment
> >
> > The customer shall receive his IP address assignment(s) from Sprint. Any
> > address(es) provided by Sprint shall remain the property of Sprint ...
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Address ownership .... what a concept.
> Although this is doing the right thing, the wording is dubious.
Actually, I believe that the addresses in question are _host_ addresses,
(for devices directly attached to the Sprint NAP). I don't quite know
what someone would do with a Sprint NAP host address if they "kept"
it.
You are correct that the language seems rather emphatic to networking
types, but it probably works well for the lawyers.
-tjs
