[arin-ppml] Definition of a legacy resource?

Martin Hannigan hannigan at gmail.com
Sat Jun 2 11:48:35 EDT 2012


On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jun 2, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does everyone agree that this is an adequate definition of a legacy address?
>>>>
>>>> "A legacy number resource is an IPv4 address or Autonomous System
>>>> number that was issued by an Internet Registry (InterNIC or its
>>>> predecessors) prior to ARIN's inception on Dec. 22, 1997."
>>>
>>> And has not been returned, reclaimed, revoked, or transferred.
>>
>> Ok.
>>
>>> A legacy number resource may be covered under LRSA. Resources covered under RSA are no longer considered legacy.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I think that's a policy statement, not a definition.
>
> Yeah, I think it's a statement of current policy/practice. It may not match the policy you're proposing, of course, so may not make sense to use in that context.
>


Creating a definition as part of Section 2 while a policy proposal,
should be rather simple especially since ARIN already publishes
language that is used as a definition in their legal agreements.

You'd think it would be transportable.

Best,

-M<



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