Re: Why are paper LOAs still used?

[Jay Hennigan <jay () west net>]

On 2/26/24 10:57, Seth Mattinen via NANOG wrote:
> Why do companies still insist on, or deploy new systems that rely on 
> paper LOA for IP and ASN resources? How can this be considered more 
> trustworthy than RIR based IRR records?

* They're an authoritative signed document with legal penalties for 
forgery.

* The same LOA is often required by datacenter operators and other third 
parties for cross-connect authority, etc.

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