[arin-ppml] Does this apply to Transfers too?

[Martin Hannigan]

I agree, and as someone who works mainly for large corporations.
(Public, private, and/or evil YMMV) I don't think that I will (or
would) have difficulty with assuring compliance with this
administrative directive.

Best,

Martin


On 4/23/09, Eliot Lear <lear at cisco.com> wrote:
> On 4/21/09 9:10 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote:
>> I would actually think that this new procedure is much easier on small
>> orgs than on large ones, because there are far fewer layers of
>> bureaucracy between the requestor and an officer...
>>
>
> Indeed, but I do not see this policy really having much impact on large
> enterprises.  Large enterprises have many options.
>
> It is VERY EASY for a large enterprise to come up with a justification
> that would sufficiently pass muster for just about any amount of address
> space.  All it requires is that they demonstrate (a) they are growing,
> and (b) there exists some new personal technology (like, say, an iPhone
> or the like) that will make use of the block.  That could justify a 50%
> increase in allocations right there, because they will be relying on
> statistics that say that over 50% of phones will be so-called
> smartphones by the end of next year.
>
> Of course there will be some organizations that will no doubt find such
> paperwork bothersome and expensive, and may choose a different route.
> That route includes IPv6, but quite frankly more likely would be more
> use of NAT, and where possible acquisition of address space on the grey
> market.  I say "grey" because ARIN probably cannot enforce anything upon
> the organizations that had space before they existed.  In fact it hasn't
> been shown that ARIN can enforce anything on organizations that have
> acquired addresses since.
>
> The organizations that this will truly impact are service providers,
> because they acquire addresses all the time, and I won't presume to
> speak to the difficulty of introducing a new paperwork path, or
> requiring officers to make attestations.  You can bet, however, that
> where the root of that term appears, so do many lawyers.
>
> I do wonder what would happen if someone in a government organization
> made an address request.  "Mr. Governor, would you mind signing this?"
>
> Eliot
> _______________________________________________
> PPML
> You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to
> the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML at arin.net).
> Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:
> http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml
> Please contact info at arin.net if you experience any issues.
>