Re: Lightly used IP addresses

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 08:40:28AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> On Aug 13, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
>
> > Funny! 
> >
> > On one hand people talk about ARIN providing IP allocation at nearly zero cost and on the other hand talking that 
> > ARIN goes after companies that use their allocation for abuse (which has a non trivial cost and potential expensive 
> > lawsuits)...
> >
> > Do you know what you want?
>
> Let's clarify the definition of abuse in this context. We are not talking about people who use their IPs to abuse the 
> network. We are talking about resource recipients who use their allocations or assignments in contravention to the 
> policies under which they received them (and thus contrary to the RSA which they signed when they received them).
>
> Owen


        In the formal ARIN context, there is a distiction between abuse and fraud.

        abuse::  https://www.arin.net/abuse.html
        
        fraud::  https://www.arin.net/resources/fraud/index.html

        It would be helpful in clarifing the discussion if folks used the proper
        terminology.


--bill