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Re: And so it ends...
From: Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon () blacklotus net>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:41:55 -0500
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Benson Schliesser <bensons () queuefull net> wrote:
On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:57 AM, John Curran wrote:On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Benson Schliesser wrote:Such transfers should be reported when noticed, so the resources can be reclaimed and reissued.Is any RIR authorized, in a legal sense, to "reclaim" legacy address blocks that RIR didn't "issue"? Without that legal authority, is any RIR prepared to accommodate the legal damages stemming from "reclamation"? (Does the RIR membership support such action, in the first place?)Resources are listed in the ARIN WHOIS database, which is administered per policies established by the community in this region. Short answer: there's no shortage of authority updating that database as long as the community wishes it so.I respect the community-driven process and I respect that ARIN's role is to enforce community-developed policy. From that perspective, thank you for your answer. But that's only valid up to a point. If the community declared overwhelmingly that ARIN should start clubbing random people over the head, I suspect your legal counsel would take issue with that policy and ARIN would refuse to enforce it. Of course this is only theoretical at the moment. The rubber will meet the road soon, now that the exhaustion phase has arrived. Cheers, -Benson
I'm not inclined to believe that ARIN members will collectively agree on anything significant, so the policy process is a lot like U.S. government (not a lot getting done). -- Jeffrey Lyon, Leadership Team jeffrey.lyon () blacklotus net | http://www.blacklotus.net Black Lotus Communications - AS32421 First and Leading in DDoS Protection Solutions
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- Re: And so it ends (slightly off topic), (continued)
- Re: And so it ends (slightly off topic) Alexandre Snarskii (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends (slightly off topic) Leo Bicknell (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends (slightly off topic) Rubens Kuhl (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Benson Schliesser (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Patrick W. Gilmore (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... John Curran (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Benson Schliesser (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... John Curran (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Benson Schliesser (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... John Curran (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Jeffrey Lyon (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Kevin Stange (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Owen DeLong (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Ernie Rubi (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... John Curran (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Ernie Rubi (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... John Curran (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Jay Ashworth (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Ernie Rubi (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... John Curran (Feb 03)
- Re: And so it ends... Jay Ashworth (Feb 03)