[ppml] Dean Anderson, 130.105.0.0/16 and the future of the IPv4 Internet.

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Per Heldal wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 18:45 -0400, Dean Anderson wrote:
> > I think you still fail to grasp that ARIN is an agent of IANA, that is
> > to say, the US Government; That the records and assignments belong
> > ultimately to the government, not to ARIN.
> > 
> 
> I don't think you should put too much emphasis on the connection to the
> us government. The ARIN function will eventually be placed where it is
> most convenient for the community at large. We've already seen an
> "uprising" where the RIRs through the NRO nearly had a number of ARIN
> responsibilities removed from ICANN. 

I agree, that the US government may be replaced at some point. I suspect
that the UN will probably be the replacement. It won't be a group like
the MoUvment from 1998, which is what the ASO looks like.  The groups
that really complain are the third world. And they don't trust the ASO
either.  The ASO is the status quo group that they are fighting.

On the one hand, a group wants anarchy and no accountability (the ASO),
and other the other hand, there is a group that wants fair play and
honest accountable government.  But you have to have government and
accountability. The choices of government are the US and the UN.

As we can see, just by looking at my situation, there is disaster
without accountability, and there is a low, but significant number of
dishonest people about.  I think Leo was spot on, and not just for ARIN:
My situation is the a canary in the gold mine.

		--Dean



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