Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests

[Carl Ford <carl.ford () gmail com>]

Same reason urgent action networks work for amnesty International.

Because when someone thinks other people are watching, truth is revealed.

Kind Regards,

Carl

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net> wrote:

> Forwarded message:
> > Subject: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests
> > From: ARIN Registration Services <do-not-reply () arin net>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > With the approaching depletion of the IPv4 address free pool, the
> > ARIN Board of Trustees has directed ARIN staff to take additional
> > steps to ensure the legitimacy of all IPv4 address space requests.
> > Beginning 18 May 2009, ARIN will require that all applications for
> > IPv4 address space include an attestation of accuracy from an officer
> > of the organization. For more information on this requirement, please
> > see:
> >
> > https://www.arin.net/resources/agreements/officer_attest.html
> >
> > Whenever a request for IPv4 resources is received, ARIN will ask in
> > its initial reply for the name and contact information of an officer
> > of the organization who will be able to attest to the validity of the
> > information provided to ARIN.
> >
> > At the point a request is ready to be approved, ARIN will send a summary
> > of the request (via e-mail) to the officer with a cc: to the requesting
> > POC (Tech or Admin) and ask the officer to attest to the validity of the
> > information provided to ARIN. The summary will provide a brief overview
> > of the request and an explanation of the required attestation. ARIN will
> > include the original request template and any other relevant information
> > the requestor provided.  Once ARIN receives the attestation from the
> > officer, the request can be approved. Attestation may also be provided
> > via fax or postal mail.
> >
> > For further assistance, contact ARIN's Registration Services Help Desk
> > via e-mail to hostmaster () arin net or telephone at +1.703.227.0660.
>
> Let me see if I can understand this.
>
> We're running out of IPv4 space.
>
> Knowing that blatant lying about IP space justifications has been an
> ongoing game in the community, ARIN has decided to "do something" about
> it.
>
> So now they're going to require an attestation.  Which means that they
> are going to require an "officer" to "attest" to the validity of the
> information.
>
> So the "officer," most likely not being a technical person, is going to
> contact ...  probably the same people who made the request, ask them if
> they need the space.  Right?
>
> And why would the answer be any different, now?
>
> ... JG
> --
> Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
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> I
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> With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many
> apples.