[8069] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Class "B" forsale (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Sun Mar 9 14:53:07 1997
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 14:44:14 -0500 (EST)
From: David Schwartz <davids@wiznet.net>
To: "David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>
Cc: Len Rose <len@netsys.com>, Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>,
nanog@merit.edu, davidc@apnic.net
In-Reply-To: <199703090425.NAA03310@palmtree.jp.apnic.net>
You could, of course, SWIP (or otherwise delegate) both halves of
the block to the same maintainer. Same effect.
DS
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On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, David R. Conrad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> >I remember going through hell writing the justification for this network.
> >I didn't know the NIC would allow sale of address space.
>
> The Internet regsistries cannot disallow someone from selling IP
> address space any more than we can disallow someone selling the
> Brooklyn Bridge, gold painted bricks, or land with a lovely ocean view
> a few miles south of the Everglades.
>
> However, what we can disallow is the update of the registration
> database when a full registry allocated block is transfered from one
> organization to another.
>
> Of course, although I work for a registry, I (personally) am under no
> illusion that this will discourage the insistent as it has little
> impact on the operational viability of the network, it just makes
> finding out appropriate contacts when bad things happen a bit more
> difficult.
>
> Regards,
> -drc
>
>
