[arin-ppml] distributing resources for individuals

[David Conrad]

John,

On Apr 8, 2025, at 5:22 PM, John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:
>> On Apr 8, 2025, at 3:00 PM, David Conrad <drc at virtualized.org> wrote:
>> 
>>>> I’m curious: why does the natural vs. legal person distinction make a difference here?
>>> 
>>> The distinction matters because legal persons — like corporations or LLCs — are publicly entities by design. Natural persons, on the other hand, are private unless they take steps to operate publicly.  A sole proprietorship is one common way individuals can do this – the individual effectively holds themselves out publicly out as entity engaging with others.   It is not perfect, since legal persons can take steps to not be reachable despite making themselves public, but it does reflect intent.
>> 
>> So, the distinction matters due to ARIN’s assumption of the default state of reachability for resources it allocates under an RSA (i.e., natural = private, legal = public)?
> 	Not at all - it simply reflects that participation in Internet number registry services is participation in an inherently public activity.

An interesting assertion, one that would appear is not backed up by history (see, e.g., RFC 1814), but times and situations change, I suppose. I would have thought an easier solution instead of gatekeeping would have been to require within the RSA that the use of ARIN’s services for numbering resources comes with the requirement that contact information for the use of those resources must be public. But I’m sure there are other opinions.

Regards,
-drc



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