[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-133: No Volunteer Services on Behalf of Unaffiliated Address Blocks

[Jeffrey Lyon]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Matthew Kaufman <matthew at matthew.at> wrote:
> Opposed. Making Whois information about legacy blocks invisible removes the
> ability for individuals and organizations to continue to "self-police" use
> of this space. As an example, if I am an ISP with a customer who claims to
> hold a legacy block and who wants it routed, where do I verify that if not
> the whois database? It similarly interferes with any future transfer market
> by making it impossible to do even the most rudimentary check on the
> seller's claims.
>
> Matthew Kaufman
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ARIN would provide referral WHOIS. Couldn't you just use this information?

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