[arin-discuss] Question about the ARIN Relying Party Agreement - RPKI 'everyone must sign' and such...

[Owen DeLong]

On Dec 5, 2012, at 13:39 , Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:

> 
> On Dec 5, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>> 2.	Are there alternative ways ARIN could mitigate the risks?
>> 	(e.g. Create a separate corporation that is contracted by
>> 	ARIN to administer the RPKI and CA infrastructures such that
>> 	ARIN as a shareholder is not liable. The corporation would
>> 	not have enough assets to be worth suing.)
> 
> Puppets created for the purpose of evading liability are generally held to be just that, and not effective.
> 
>                                -Bill
> 

Then please explain $BACKHOE_OPERATOR to me since that seems to be the method under which
that entire industry operates.

Dig up a fiber? Transfer all assets to $NEW_CORPORATION, declare bankruptcy, and terminate operations.

Owen