[arin-ppml] Alternative to arbitrary transfers

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of michael.dillon at bt.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:44 AM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Alternative to arbitrary transfers
> 
> 
> > >3) ARIN institute a "bounty" program where someone who
> > identifies and
> > >provides supporting paperwork to "prove" a specific IPv4
> > block is truly
> > >abandoned OR is in use ILLEGALLY is given a credit on their yearly 
> > >bill. (ie: the person here is basically doing the work that
> > ARIN staff
> > >would have to do to certify an abandoned block is really abandoned)
> 
> > Thanks again for coming up with some positive alternatives!
> 
> I wouldn't exactly call turning ARIN into a private police force
> to be a positive alternative.
> 

I think your blowing this out of porportion.

Any IP block reciever when they obtain a block, signs a contract
where among other things they agree to NOT lie when reporting
their utilization.

If it is later discovered after the requestor obtains their block
that they were lying through their teeth, then if your going to
advocate that ARIN merely IGNORES this, and CONTINUES to list the
requestor as the authorized user of the block in WHOIS then please
explain why this is not a GIANT SLAP IN THE FACE to all requestors
out there who spend hours of time carefully documenting their requests
and making sure they are accurate.

> Let's face it, this will never happen. ARIN's members will never
> agree to this type of thing,

Oh, really?

Ted