<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">David said:</span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"Use of the registry database for policy enforcement is not supportive of the primary reason for the existence of the registry system (there is a reason it's called a "registry"). It is also self-defeating. Get enough folks doing "transfers" outside of registry database and the database is no longer meaningful."</span><br>
</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Yup, I suppose....and I guess it's no fault blaming those individuals who do not heed the community's standards by going outside of policy....no, let's consider ARIN to be at fault for responding to community consensus. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I know that what this back and forth is about....policy discussion and development....to see whether the community has had a see change...but what I see is that a few people who want it their way...continue to flame the status quo for maintaining its focus...to my mind...where it still should be. Scare resource? Given them to people who NEED them. If the community should be outrage about something, it should be those who contribute to the weakness of he database, not those who's stewardship has not failed.</span></div>
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:50 AM, David Conrad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drc@virtualized.org" target="_blank">drc@virtualized.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Gary and Bill,<div><br><div><div>On Jun 12, 2014, at 6:37 AM, Bill Darte <<a href="mailto:billdarte@gmail.com" target="_blank">billdarte@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Gary said...</span></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div></span><blockquote type="cite">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>"need" is not the same as "want" (see the</div></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">$10K red button app that was offered for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">awhile; can anyone explain why anyone</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">would "need" it). And while some may</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">exchange money for only "want"s, those</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">that can demonstrate "need" can get those</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">transfers approved today and have the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">registry updated today. Only the "wants"</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">are having a hard time. And, in my opinion,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">that is as it should be.</span></blockquote>
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<br></div><div>big +1</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>While I consider the angst associated with speculators (or whoever) buying up all the address space overblown (hint: it would merely shorten the already short time horizon of when IPv4 addresses are no longer practically available), the issue I'm most concerned with is "and have the registry updated today."</div>
<div><br></div><div>I do not believe given sufficient "want" and money that the lack of updating the registry would sufficient deterrent to preclude a "transfer" from occurring. The end result being that the address space is no longer traceable after the transfer.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Use of the registry database for policy enforcement is not supportive of the primary reason for the existence of the registry system (there is a reason it's called a "registry"). It is also self-defeating. Get enough folks doing "transfers" outside of registry database and the database is no longer meaningful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would have no issue with using other tools at ARIN's disposal for policy enforcement, e.g., removing reverse delegations, marking entries in the database as "out of policy" and letting ISPs decide for themselves whether to accept a prefix for routing, invoking contractual penalties, etc. </div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>