[ppml] IPv4 "Up For Grabs" proposal

[Stephen Sprunk]

Thus spake "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at ipinc.net>
> I guarenteee to you that Leatherman Tool Group IS NOT
> paying ARIN a dime, has NEVER paid them a dime.  Yet,
> ARIN is still tracking this so ARIN obviously considers this
> legacy holder still their responsibility.
> ...
> Letting legacy holders get away witout funding the RIR that
> tracks them is in my opinion, far crazier than any rules I've
> proposed.  Yet, you accept it.

That is primarily because it benefits ARIN's paying members to know who's 
using that space.  WHOIS primarily benefits people _other than_ the 
registrant.  The same argument could be made for reverse DNS service, though 
that's not quite as clear-cut.

"Tracks" is also not quite accurate; ARIN is dependent on the registrants 
keeping their data up to date.  Half of them haven't bothered to do so in 
the last decade, and ARIN isn't out there hunting them down.  The amount of 
money spent on legacy folks is minimal, since the systems need to be built 
and maintained for non-legacy folks anyways.  It's a negligible incremental 
cost.

S

Stephen Sprunk      "Those people who think they know everything
CCIE #3723         are a great annoyance to those of us who do."
K5SSS                                             --Isaac Asimov