[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2015-2: Modify 8.4 (Inter-RIR Transfers to Specified Recipients)

[William Herrin]

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> Why would you take an ARIN-centric approach? How about an Internet-centric approach? How about an efficiency-centric or public interest-centric approach?
>
> Isn't it more efficient - both for the public and for the affected companies - for legitimate holders of numbers to be able to move resources to wherever they are most needed?


Only if it can be done without loopholes, corruption and gamesmanship.
That would require a global approach not just to transfer policies but
to the free pools and IPv4 addressing policy overall. Convert ARIN to
truly be the "administrative convenience" John describes, an
organization which adheres to external policies rather than making its
own.

I can't begin to imagine a transfer-only approach to globalizing
address management which would not lead pretty directly to practices a
reasonable outside observer would consider corrupt. Certainly the one
on the table is unclean.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



-- 
William Herrin ................ herrin at dirtside.com  bill at herrin.us
Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>