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Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space


From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:31:01 -0400

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
I have a government agency client with a number of /24s that they acquired back in the
1990s when they operated as an ISP for other agencies. They are interested in renting
or selling these addresses. Are there any existing ARIN or other legal restrictions
against government organizations doing this?

Hi Mel,

The agency may follow the same "specified transfer" process as
everyone else to sell the addresses. See ARIN NRPM section 8.5.

There's probably a legal mess around a government entity renting IP
addresses. If the entity is registered as an end user (instead of as
an ISP) then such rentals might also be considered fraudulent.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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