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

[George Bonser]

> "Specifically, this policy recognizes that absent an agreement such as
> the RSA or LRSA there is no formal relationship with legacy address
> holders.  At present, however, ARIN continues to provide services to
> these organizations.  This is done without compensation and
potentially
> in opposition to the legacy address holders' wishes.  As a result of
> this behavior ARIN has created an illusion of implied authority that
> exposes ARIN to unacceptable levels of liability, is hindering the
> development of an open address market (driving it "underground"), and
> is putting the operational stability of the Internet at risk.  As new
> services such as RPKI are contemplated this situation becomes even
more
> critical."

If you think about it for a moment, you will come to realize that it is
IPv4 itself that is placing the stability of the Internet at risk, not
ARINs services rendered for those legacy assignments.  The sooner
everyone no longer uses v4 for anything, the sooner this becomes a moot
point.

The answer is not in a flurry of proposals for v4, the answer is in
forgetting about v4 as quickly as possible.