Re: DOD prefixes and AS8003 / GRSCORP

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

John,

I do understand the technical difference between assignment and routing. But this is such a big routing shift that 
naturally questions arise, especially given that this space owner has stewardship requirements answerable to US 
citizens. I get it: by the letter of ARIN law, this looks passably legal. But you’ll understand if the general public 
expects more “elucidation” :) — from somebody, not necessarily ARIN. 

Thinking outside the letter of ARIN law, couldn't a BGP hijacker look like this? 

 -mel

> On Mar 15, 2021, at 2:19 PM, John Curran <jcurran () arin net> wrote:
>
> On 15 Mar 2021, at 4:17 PM, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
> > Like any other announcement, except DOD and what looks suspiciously like a shell corporation. Either the DOD doesn’t 
> > know about it (and I’ve called DISA and opened a ticket), which is scary, or the DOD is creating a private shell 
> > corporation to move all it’s IP space out of government purview, which sounds even more scary. 
>
>
> Mr. Beckman - 
>
> The number resources remain assigned to the DoD – please note that the routing of an IP address block does not make 
> for the transfer of the resources, but rather is the normal activity that ISPs often provide to their customers.   
> Questions about routing of an address block should be referred to the registrant organization in the ARIN database 
> (which you indicate that you have already done), and they can elucidate to you as they determine most appropriate. 
>
> Thanks,
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers