[ppml] ARIN Policy Proposal 2002-9 (fwd)

[sigma at smx.pair.com]

> Why not make policy so that the current holders of multiple /8-24s have
> to renumber then (the ones that do not meet the current criteria)?  That
> would certainly yield same additional address space, wouldn`t it?

It's much, much easier to set policy going forward than it is to impose and
enforce policy retroactively.  When you're talking about allocations that
predate ARIN, how exactly is ARIN supposed to take action?  ARIN should
focus on the best possible management of the remaining IP space, while
encouraging and requesting that companies with legacy assignments return
them whenever possible.

Kevin