Just to clarify

[Richard Jimmerson]

Hello Tanya,

> how does ARIN
> verify that the downstream actually attempted to contact 
> their upstream?

ARIN will ask for a forwarded copy of the email they sent to
their upstream provider.  We understand some petitioners may
try to skip this step of the process by giving us false
information, but ARIN will ensure the upstream provider has
ample time to consider the petitioners request when we contact
them ourselves.

Richard Jimmerson
Director of Operations
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tanya Hinman [mailto:thinman at clp.cw.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:53 AM
> To: richardj at arin.net; ppml at arin.net
> Subject: RE: Just to clarify
> 
> 
> This sounds like a reasonable plan. Just one question though, 
> how does ARIN
> verify that the downstream actually attempted to contact 
> their upstream?
> 
> Thank you,
> Tanya
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net]On Behalf Of
> Richard Jimmerson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:00 AM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: RE: Just to clarify
> 
> 
> ARIN has reviewed the discussions that have taken place
> on this mailing list in regard to the practice of adding
> maintainer IDs to reassigned records.  We would like to
> thank everyone who participated in this discussion.
> 
> Going forward, the practice of the ARIN registration staff
> will be the following:
> 
> (Note we are using the well written summary provided by David 
> Huberman)
> 
> If a provider who has been assigned address space from their upstream
> wishes to assign address space further downstream, they are 
> encouraged to
> petition their upstream provider to re-SWIP the address space as an
> allocation. If the upstream provider is unresponsive, the downstream
> provider may then petition ARIN to enact this change. ARIN 
> will make its
> best attempt to contact the upstream provider to obtain their 
> permission.
> If the provider declines permission, ARIN will notify the 
> petitioner as
> such. If the provider is unresponsive after 10 business days, 
> ARIN will
> accede to the petitioner's request and notify the upstream of the
> change(s).
> 
> Richard Jimmerson
> Director of Operations
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)