RE: ARIN Fraud Reporting Form ... (Resource listings yes, resourcerouting no)

["George Bonser" <gbonser () seven com>]

> It's an individual decision of each organization choosing to accept
and
> further pass along the route.
>
> Like it or not, there is not "THE INTERNET" there is a set of
> independent
> networks operating under a commonly agreed framework of protocols.
> Each network operator is free to accept, deny, or otherwise handle
> any traffic they wish on any basis they choose.
>
> This is the greatest strength of the internet. It is also it's most
> exploitable
> weakness in some ways. However, changing it would fundamentally
> destroy much of it's usefulness and resilience as a tool for the
> democratization of communication. As such, I must oppose any
> such move to apply greater central authority.
>
> Owen


Of course, and I absolutely agree with that so long as the individual
operators have the information they need to make those individual
decisions. And that is the goal.  Having information as to which
resource have no valid points of contact and what other resources are
associated with that invalid POC might be useful to some when some
traffic crosses their net or reaches their other resources that causes
problems.