Re: And so it ends...

[Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon () blacklotus net>]

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Benson Schliesser
<bensons () queuefull net> wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:57 AM, John Curran wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I respect the community-driven process and I respect that ARIN's role is to enforce community-developed policy.  From 
> that perspective, thank you for your answer.
>
> But that's only valid up to a point.  If the community declared overwhelmingly that ARIN should start clubbing random 
> people over the head, I suspect your legal counsel would take issue with that policy and ARIN would refuse to enforce 
> it.
>
> Of course this is only theoretical at the moment.  The rubber will meet the road soon, now that the exhaustion phase 
> has arrived.
>
> Cheers,
> -Benson

I'm not inclined to believe that ARIN members will collectively agree
on anything significant, so the policy process is a lot like U.S.
government (not a lot getting done).

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