<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 7:49 PM John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 5 Oct 2018, at 11:03 AM, Michael Sinatra <<a href="mailto:michael%2Bppml@burnttofu.net" target="_blank">michael+ppml@burnttofu.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> That said, I am interested in hearing from David F. or John C. as to what kinds of background research is initiated when a (L)RSA is initiated. (Sorry, I arrived at $current_employer only as the execution of the contracts was being completed.) I know that there's a process for when a specified transfer occurs, and that process *includes* a (L)RSA, but does the (L)RSA trigger the background/history check or is it the other way around?<br>
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Entry into a registration services agreement can only occur once the organization’s rights to the number resources have been vetted. ARIN follows the rights from their original issuance to an organization, thru various changes (e.g. mergers/acquisitions) to the party that presently claims those rights, and this process involved verifying records regarding the legal entity (e.g. incorporation/state filing) and that the contact is authorized to represent the organization. It is fairly rigorous, since we’d like to avoid bad actors coming in and transferring rights to address blocks that they don’t have…<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The only thing I'd add to this is when large well-known entities, like universities or goverment agencies, are involved this vetting is usually fairly simple. It could be more complicated if the resource were in the name of a project and not the entity itself. But, other than that, the hardest part is ensuring ARIN is dealing with someone who is properly authorized to speak for the large well-known entity.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">===============================================<br>David Farmer <a href="mailto:Email%3Afarmer@umn.edu" target="_blank">Email:farmer@umn.edu</a><br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota <br>2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952<br>=============================================== </div></div>