[arin-ppml] IPv4 Transfer Policy Change to Keep Whois Accurate

[Jeffrey Lyon]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
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> On May 13, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
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>>> Those sort of shenanigans may sound rather absurd now, because there would be a real cost to enacting them in a convincing manner. However IF the real value of an IPv4 address increases beyond the cost of such ploys, suddenly they become worthwhile doing. Would not the cost/difficulty of effectively differentiating between gaming and the real thing also increase for ARIN under such circumstances?
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>> They're not absurd at all, there are companies doing this right now.
>> There is one small company using 3 x /18, mostly for blackhat SEO and
>> IRC virtual hosts.
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> If this is demonstrably true, it would be best if you pointed it out in through
> the ARIN fraud reporting form.
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> Owen
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Tried it, didn't work, moved on to more important things.

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