[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-171 Section 8.4 Modifications: ASN and legacy resources

[Andrew Koch]

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Martin Hannigan wrote:

> There has been some feedback that this is not a complete methodology
> to consider with regards to custody. Its likely that some of the
> transactions that would fail a chain of custody review or were
> fraudulently obtained should be revoked, but should be also placed on
> the equivalent of an abandoned property list since the resources have
> value and someone might actually be entitled to that value.
>
> Does anyone have an opinion on the following rewrite:
>
> 8.4.6 Flawed Custody and Fraudulent Applications
>
> ARIN will reclaim resources that fail chain of custody certifications
> or are deemed to have been fraudulently obtained. Such a reclaimed
> resource will be placed on an abandoned resources list which shall be
> available to the public.

My initial read of the last sentence made me think that the resources
were available to the public, not the list.  Would breaking this into
two sentences be more clear:

Such a reclaimed resource will be placed on an abandoned resources
list.  The abandoned resource list shall be made available to the
public for review.

> ///end
>
>
> The logic here is that with enough information, someone will take the
> effort to find a rightful "owner" if one exists and notify them of the
> same. It is likely that there are a significant amount of resources
> that were overlooked in a variety of transactions, bankruptcy, estates
> of deceased persons, etc.
>
> I would leave it up to ARIN to determine how long something should be
> on a recovery list, probably aligned with some statute of limitations
> on claims, etc.

Andy Koch