Re: And so it ends...

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Benson Schliesser wrote:
> > Such transfers should be reported when noticed, so the resources can be reclaimed and reissued.
>
> Is any RIR authorized, in a legal sense, to "reclaim" legacy address blocks that RIR didn't "issue"?  Without that 
> legal authority, is any RIR prepared to accommodate the legal damages stemming from "reclamation"? (Does the RIR 
> membership support such action, in the first place?)

Resources are listed in the ARIN WHOIS database, which is administered per policies established by the community in 
this region.

Short answer: there's no shortage of authority updating that database as long as the community wishes it so.

/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN