[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2008-7: Identify Invalid WHOIS POC?s

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of William Herrin
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:41 PM
> To: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2008-7: Identify 
> Invalid WHOIS POC?s
> 
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org> wrote:
> > The problem here is a balance between bugging people too often, and 
> > bugging when there is still information.
> 
> All I'm saying is: take it slow. We've gone decades without a 
> POC check and the world hasn't ended. No need to jump 
> directly to an expensive process.
> 

But that was during a time period where IPv4 was considered plentiful.

We've gone decades in the US without catalytic converters on lawnmowers
and the world hasn't ended either.  But, they are coming - EPA
just finalized regs on these last year:

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/equip-ld.htm

Ted