[ppml] RIR's should have power to suspend Member's registration in specified circumstances

[Ed Allen Smith]

In message <000a01c27c64$2e4e4350$f9ecdfd8 at laptoy> (on 25 October 2002 14:21:52 -0600), john at chagres.net (John M. Brown) wrote:
> what exactly would this solve?

They don't have the IP addresses in question anymore; allocate them to
another party. There are a _large_ number of IP addresses that could be
freed up if this policy were put into effect, making a massive improvement
in the current IP address shortage.

	-Allen

> there data is removed from the whois ??
> 
> The RIR's have no control over routing tables, and we don't
> want them to.
>
> john brown
> speaking for himself
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net] On 
> > Behalf Of Chris Jones
> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:09 PM
> > To: ppml at arin.net
> > Subject: [ppml] RIR's should have power to suspend Member's 
> > registration in specified circumstances
> > 
> > 
> > I make use of the details contained in the RIR registry 
> > databases to trace the source of spam emails. While the 
> > majority of members do maintain their registration details 
> > accurately, there are some who do not. In the way of these 
> > things, most of the latter are where some of the most regular 
> > spammers originate. Failure to communicate effectively is 
> > probably the worst offence any organisation or individual can 
> > be guilty of. Therefore, I am recommending, as an aggreived 
> > user of these inaccurate RIR records, that ARIN (and RIPE and 
> > APNIC) should be allowed to suspend any registrant who fails 
> > to amend within a specified period of time, their 
> > registration (together with all of their customers/users of 
> > course) to ensure consistent accuracy.
> > 
> > The proposed suspension should last until the member has 
> > corrected the errant details or until such shorter period of 
> > time that the RIR allows. This proposal would have the 
> > benefit of persuading these ISP's to police their customers 
> > use of the internet mail system more effectively.
> > --
> > From
> > Chris Jones
> > mailto: chris at telespan.co.uk
> > web: http://www.telespan.co.uk/
> > 
> > My PGP Key:-
> > RSA 2048/1024     Key ID:  0x2B1F1593
> > Fingerprint:  B073 FE31 0A6A 6BD6 C4DB  750D 2B30 D0E7 2B1F 1593
> > 
> 

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Allen Smith			http://cesario.rutgers.edu/easmith/
September 11, 2001		A Day That Shall Live In Infamy II
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