Re: DOD prefixes and AS8003 / GRSCORP

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

On 26 Apr 2021, at 12:32 PM, John Curran <jcurran () arin net<mailto:jcurran () arin net>> wrote:

On 26 Apr 2021, at 11:27 AM, Scott Morizot <tmorizot () gmail com<mailto:tmorizot () gmail com>> wrote:

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:19 AM Bryan Fields <Bryan () bryanfields net<mailto:Bryan () bryanfields net>> wrote:
On 3/15/21 4:01 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> is it possible that the DoD:
>   1) signed a lRSA (or really just an RSA)

Just re-read this; I don't think the Federal Government is required to sign
the standard ARIN agreement.  I believe they have a different agreement with
ARIN.  I did some searching, but can't find this easily on their website.

Unrelated to DoD, but as the member representative for a different Federal agency with both an LRSA and an RSA, I can 
definitely say that's not the case. There are no special rules for the US Federal Government.

Correct  (but I will elaborate separately in reply to Bryan’s posted question since the community is entitled to as 
much transparency as possible.)

Scott -

In summary, you are correct that US Federal agencies have the same RSA as everyone else (aside from certain provisions 
for government-required indemnification, bankruptcy, governing law, and/or binding arbitration.)

As noted in my reply to Bryan, the US DoD sought and received an additional provision in their RSA providing 
reassurance that they may transfer unused IPv4 address space with the USG rather than returning to ARIN.

FYI,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers