[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-172 Additional definition for NRPM Section 2 - Legacy Resources

[Chris Grundemann]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> I have a question:
>
> Does the community keep the registry becasue it is the authority or becasue as stewards it thinks keeping a registry is a good thing?
>
> If the former, it makes sense to have a set of rules that you try to enforce.  And I think you are probably right; nothing at this point requires you to provide service to those who don't follow your rules. You probably can't stop them, but you don't have to serve them. But as you say IANL, and I do not know about any rulings or whatever, that might contradict this.
>
> But if it is the later, i.e. it ARIN acts as stewards in the best interests of the IPv4 Internet and registration is a good thing, then would it also be a good thing to allow for registration of transfered addresses even if the method of transfer wasn't one that fell within your approved transfer policy framework?

Great question Avri, for my part I believe the latter; that keeping a
registry is a good thing for stewardship of the Internet (essential in
fact).

As such, the registry needs certain authority and certain checks and
so we have developed policies (rules) over time to ensure proper
stewardship. These policies are not onerous, in fact, for the most
part, the entire NRPM boils down to: Have technical need, keep records
up to date. Both of these "rules" are good things for the Internet.
Because they are good for everyone who participates in the Internet,
not much enforcement has ever really been needed. In fact, spammers
and people who don't actually operate networks are the only folks I
see opposed to them generally. YMMV however.

Cheers,
~Chris
(speaking as an individual Internet user)

>
> thanks
>
> avri
>
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