[arin-ppml] TIPTOP

[Jon Lewis]

On Sat, 9 May 2026, Tony Li wrote:

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> Hi Jon,
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>> Nothing currently in space using Internet resources exists there independent of an Earth-based corporation or government entity.  Why make space part of any one RIR's charter?  If your stuff in space using IP belongs to an EU entity, default to using/acquiring resources from RIPE. If it belongs to a multinational entity, they likely already get resources from multiple RIRs and can pick which one they want to use for resources.
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>> i.e. Just make "use in space" not "out of region" for all the RIRs.
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> If each agency allocates from their regional RIR, then we get no aggregation at the celestial body scale.

What sort of aggregation are you envisioning for disparately owned 
networks in space?

Does ARIN serving North America, Antarctica, and all the various islands 
in the ARIN region provide for any route aggregation whatsoever based not 
on "ownership" of the resources but on where they're utilized?

I expect putting "space" in the purview of one RIR is unlikely to result 
in any amount of route aggregation due to differences in ownership of 
what's in (or will be in) space beyond that which will happen by default 
if those entities putting things in space were to use their own resources, 
regardless of which RIR issued them.

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