Re: IP renumbering timeframe

[David R Huberman <daveid () panix com>]

Just because policies are in place that suggest an assignment may or may
not be justified is wholly irrelevant to whether or not that assignment
takes place (or in the case of the original thread, stays in place). ARIN
is not in the business of saying "do" or "do not".

Ralph wrote:
> > > Is that true?  I thought the space belongs to ARIN, and they loan it to
> > > certain parties.  Those parties can use the IPs in accordance with ARIN
> > > rules.

I responded:
> > The way you've written the above statements makes them true. However, such
> > a relationship does not extend to the issue you're dealing with. ARIN
> > cannot dictate the business practices of its constituents.

DS retorted:

>       Actually, ARIN can dictate how its constituents allocate IP space
> because conforming to ARIN's policies is one of the conditions of an IP
> allocation and no ownership rights to the IP space are transferred in
> the assignment process. This argument has worked successfully for myself
> and others when negotiations with an address space provider turned
> hostile. (To my knowledge, it's never been tested in court.)