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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 -- William Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
Current thread:
- Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Seth Mattinen (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Jimmy Hess (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)