On Jun 12, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > You continue to claim the existence of an unknown number of zombie > registrants, but even if we take that as a given, you’ve given nothing to > prove that these zombies would somehow magically step forward and register if > the needs test were removed. There are all kinds of reasons people may not > record transfers that go far beyond the issue of the needs test.
Correct. A major operational network may not like the current 24-month needs-test because of the lack of long-term certainty for access to IPv4 address space that results, but that discomfort can be addressed by finding a supplier and locking up options for access to number resources in the future access if so desired. They also have, one could imagine, the potential of bypassing the registry completely, but that comes with some significant risk of trying to enforce those theoretically obtained rights if the registrant changes their story later (or turns out not to be the proper rights holder from the beginning, since one did not actually go to the registry and have the asserted address holder validated.) From what I can tell, the vast majority of operational network has preferred to work within the community policy, even those for whom the current needs-based qualification in policy is problematic. This is not the case with those who are not operating networks and only wish to use the IP addresses for very short-term (e.g. until the IP block reputation is ruined), in these cases, they don't intend to be using the address blocks over the long-term; removing the needs-assessment hurdle may not meaningfully change their desire to update the registration info FYI, /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.
