On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Steven Ryerse
<[email protected]> wrote:
Even one transfer that doesn't update the database is one too many
Playing devils advocate then, I take it you are in favor of moving
to rescind (and then re-issue) any IP Numbers for which the
whois validation has not been confirmed (by the yearly POC
validation emails)? And perhaps with an officer attestation
saying that the numbers of fully utilized per RSA?
I will look forward to your policy proposal to put teeth into
whois validation.
Gary
Hi Gary,
The two are not equal propositions. Your proposal to rescind non validated
space, like removing needs, will indeed tend towards more registry accuracy.
But your proposal is fraught with legal peril for ARIN, certainly in legacy
space, whereas removing the needs test reduces legal peril, in the opinion
of this non-lawyer, because it makes the transfer of address rights more
closely comport with the existing legal framework which deals with the
transfer of valuable items.
Steven and I have expressed a desire for more Whois accuracy and there is a
proposal on the table (2014-14) which I think will tend towards more Whois
accuracy while at the same time protecting against market manipulation and
reducing the need for ARIN staff to spend team time doing needs tests for
small transfers where the buyer is already displaying his need with his
dollars.
Zombies registrants in Whois are real, there are restrictions on identifying
them, their continued existence is facilitated by the needs test.
We need to stop worrying about fictional billionaire fraudsters and start
considering whether any undemonstrated benefits of retaining the needs test
for small transfers are worth the undemonstrated costs. To that end some who
had been against any relaxing of the needs test have moderated their
positions, with Owen offering the additional caveat that the policy have a
sunset, in the hopes that we may garner more information on the potential
for abuse and the potential for registration benefits.
And I think McTim's /24 represents a seismic change, thank you McTim.
Hopefully those who support a complete removal of the needs-test for
transfers will also offer support for the more limited 2014-14.
Regards,
Mike
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