[arin-discuss] The joy of SWIPping

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

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> [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of DOWELL, 
> JERRY (CTR)
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:21 AM
> To: Aaron Wendel; arin-discuss at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] The joy of SWIPping
> 
> 
> I fail to see why ARIN should be in the control of what an 
> organization does with the IP address it is assigned other 
> than requiring justification of the quantity being requested. 

If you give ARIN the authority to require justification of use
for IP addressing assignments, then you ARE giving ARIN control
of what an organization does with it's IP address.

If I contact ARIN and say that my justification for obtaining
a /8 is because I want to sit on it for 5 years then make a lot
of money "selling" the addresses, then guess what - while in
my own mind I am meeting justification requirements, in the
minds of ARIN and most other people, that use does NOT constitute
justification, and I will not get the /8

>  May issues are related to security and who has the need to know.
>

Please, I encourage you to remove your license plates from your
automobile and then go down and drive back and forth in front
of a police station.  Then when you get a ticket, you can argue
with the officer, claiming privacy and that the public does not have
a "need to know"

Let us know how far you get with that.

Ted