On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Milton L Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > Draft policy 2014-1 attempts to solve a problem left over from last year.
Howdy, As I understood the staff problem, it was that out-region organizations were creating in-region straw-man companies to register addresses for use outside the region. During the discussion this turned in to a more general referendum on whether ARIN should be supplying addresses to the world or just to its region. If I had my druthers, the policy would be simply this: "ARIN prohibits any use of ARIN-assigned number resources which is: (A) wholly and unambiguously within another RIR's region and (B) more than incidental to an ARIN-region infrastructure." It's concise, it's clean, and it says everything that should be said on the subject. I don't know if it's wise or unwise to have REGIONAL internet registries, but so long as we do I think it inappropriate for one region to UNILATERALLY serve as a registry to the world. For better or for worse, I was shouted down. Many of the voting folks here have broadly deployed ARIN addresses throughout their multinational infrastructure and don't care to be scolded for it. Others have used straw man companies in their own operations to overcome the intersection of their internal bureaucracy and the arcane strictures of the NRPM. They'd just as soon not have ARIN staff look any closer. And let's not forget that a goodly fraction of the folks who show up at ARIN meetings primarily represent out-region interests in the first place. What really gets my goat is the rationalizations I've seen put forth for why so-and-so's out-region use is legit. Waah. I can't possibly make my allocation pools match my customers' installation addresses. Waah. I don't want to have to deal with RIPE for my European infrastructure. Boo frickin' hoo. Man up and admit that the reason you don't want this policy is that you've knowingly been doing things wrong for the last decade plus, and you don't want to have to change. Once you've admitted it, add another sentence to the brief suggested policy: "ARIN number resources in use outside the region upon enaction of this policy are grandfathered until recovered from their then-current assignment." Regards. Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
