[64363] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hijacked IP blocks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Oct 21 09:34:33 2003
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:32:46 -0700
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
To: william@elan.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310201155000.25045-100000@sokol.elan.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> either do it for all or for none) So I hope that any of you that may have
> questinable blocks in current use would on your stop and return them to
> the state they were before in whois or return them to arin or continue
> using the blocks and apply to officially transfer them (remember ARIN
> currently does transfers at no extra charge, this will not last
> forever!!!).
>
While I agree that this is the right thing to do, the statement that ARIN
does
transfers at "no extra charge", while technically true, does not paint a
complete
picture of the truth. While there is no charge for the transfer, there are
potential financial consequences. They are minor, but, they exist. If you
have
legacy space which was allocated pre-ARIN and you transfer it to your own
ORG-ID, you will go from Legacy "free" status to current "$100/year" status.
Owen
