[ppml] Abstract of proposed Internet Draft for Best Current Practice (please comment)

[Dr. Jeffrey Race]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:04:36 -0700, Taylor, Stacy wrote:

>Speaking only for myself, I believe it is absolutely not for the RIR to
>police or monitor use of blocks.  The Registry is there for just that:  
to
>keep track of who is using what.  It must not be responsible for pulling
>routes or revoking rights for abuse reasons.
>
>The onus must ultimately be on the upstream operators to maintain the
>integrity of the blocks: both for contiguity and for purity.

The only "onus" they will recognize is loss of their space.

Jeffrey Race