[arin-ppml] Definition of a legacy resource?

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Fri Jun 1 21:18:28 EDT 2012


On 6/1/12, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does everyone agree that this is an adequate definition of a legacy
> address?
>
>  "A legacy number resource is an IPv4 address or Autonomous System
>  number that was issued by an Internet Registry (InterNIC or its
>  predecessors) prior to ARIN's inception on Dec. 22, 1997."
>
>  Does it go far enough and cover "all" addresses prior to inception of
>  ARIN or the RIR system at large?


Are there any numbers issued by APNIC or RIPE prior to ARIN's
inception which are now managed by ARIN? Might there be?

Maybe scrub "an Internet Registry" and just say "InterNIC or its  predecessors."

-Bill


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