On Mar 29, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Matthew Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here's what surprises me: that it is ARIN's business at all to provide an LOA > allowing someone to announce a BGP route. I could have sworn that I have read > hundreds of times that ARIN is *only* in the business of running a database > in which they maintain unique registrations, and that routing policy is of no > concern to ARIN. > > Either ARIN added a database entry assigning 2600::/12 to Merit, in which > case I am confused for several reasons, starting with it not being a unique > assignment... > > Or ARIN didn't add a database entry assigning 2600::/12 to Merit, in which > case what could the letter possibly have said? Matthew - This is not an "ARIN" process per se, it's more of a practice of that some ISPs require; if you come to them seeking them to route a block not assigned to you, they'll have you get a letter of authorization from the party listed on the block. For example, this was provided to Merit for new /8's that we received from IANA, so that they could do darknet testing on them before we began issuing space out of them. > I would hope that in the absence of both community-developed policy *and* a > change in ARIN's chartered mission, ARIN would not issue routing > authorization that covers any address space, with the possible exception of > the addresses assigned to ARIN itself for its own servers. Would you also include doing testing on address space in the free pool before its issued to anyone, so that we can detect potential impairment of the space? Thanks, /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN _______________________________________________ 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.
