On Apr 7, 2014, at 6:07 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Note that RFC 2050 was operative at that time, with language requiring the >> recipient to meet the same criteria as when qualifying to receive space; i.e. >> Even under your assertions above, legacy holders doing transfers would be >> still be subject to needs qualification of the recipient. > > Hi John, > > I don't recall being asked to reference or agree to RFC 2050 in the > template I submitted for my legacy block. Doubtless in part because > RFC 2050 hadn't yet been written. RFC2050 really isn't informative in > the manner you imply.
Bill - You referenced the "promise" that '"Current and old allocations and their DNS will be maintained with no policy changes"'... Given the statement made at the time that (once formed) ARIN would be maintaining old allocations with no policy _changes_, then there has to be policy applicable to those old allocations, and RFC2050, having just been written by the current InterNIC and RIR folks (as well as the IANA) would be the definitive reference. It is not credible to say that the maintenance of old allocations was not subject to any policy when the presentation mades plain that there will be (upon ARIN's formation) no policy changes for maintenance of old allocations. > As I recollect the operative procedures of the day, it was: resend the > template with the new information which, as an existing registration > submitting a template from an authorized source, was honored without > further review. Does your recollection of the pre-ARIN administrative > procedures for transferring a block of network addresses differ? Probably best to refer to RFC 2050, since your resources were managed by the InterNIC at that time, and RFC 2050 states: "This document describes the IP assignment policies currently used by the Regional Registries to implement the guidelines developed by the IANA." That does seem to answer your question regarding the operative procedures of the day. You first argued that ARIN promised to maintain old allocations with no policy changes, and subsequently (upon seeing that the actual policy directly supports needs-assessment for transfers) changed your argument to say that no policy at all is applicable to old resources... I am fairly you can't argue both sides at the same time, so which is it? > This is a messy, messy court case if the matter ever comes to a head. Actually, it's rather straightforward from ARIN's perspective (but your argument would probably be less messy if it were only arguing a single side of "applicable policy for old resources" at a time...) > Messy. Best bet for everyone involved is to arrange for the matter to > never come to a head. Let the eventual deployment of IPv6 render it > moot. That is one approach, but as noted earlier on the the list, there might be some incidental benefit out of a party pursuing its alleged property rights, as it would provide certainty regarding ARIN's ability to maintain the registry per the wishes and policies developed by the community. 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.
