[ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Transfer Policy Proposal

[Bill Darte]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net] On 
> Behalf Of Per Heldal
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:04 AM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> Cc: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] Policy Proposal: IPv4 Transfer Policy Proposal
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 16:36 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > I have some concerns with this proposal.
> > 
> > This policy seems to undermine the idea that IP addressing 
> is assigned 
> > on the basis of proving need.  It lends credibility to the 
> idea that 
> > IP addressing is property, and could open the door to any number of 
> > lawsuits based on this.  For example if an organization "purchases" 
> > IPv4 they could then file a lawsuit against a large provider which 
> > decided to block access from that purchased block, claiming 
> > discriminatory behavior.
> 
> The suggested policy also seems to be in conflict with the 
> RIR principle of not being involved in routing. Wherever 
> there's money to be made there's greed and that can't be 
> contained by simply telling people to "be nice". The value of 
> this kind of policy is questionable if it cannot be enforced. 
> To regulate other people's use of resources is fundamentally 
> different from the task of coordinating handouts from a resource-pool.


The transfer policy proposal does not attempt to eliminate greed, nor
does it try and enforce people to be nice.
It trys to coordinate transfers in such a way that does not abandon the
notion of 'justified need' and also provides continuing stability in the
industry and confidence that the address resources and associated ARIN
services that are being transferred are as close to the free-pool
precedent as possible, by way of thinking...

The policy does not restrict people from transferring resource in some
other way and with whatever conditions and qualifications are made... I
intends to give the ARIN region an alternative and clear set of
conditions under which transfers are made and recognized.  The expected
value is that people with TRUST this process more if ARIN contributes to
or coordinates it.


Bill Darte


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