> -----Original Message----- > Historically, there have been bad actors who have successfully obtained > substantial IPv4 space from ARIN without having any customers or significant > equipment in the region. A common method is to set up a routing > infrastructure inside the ARIN region, and backhaul the traffic to the > customers who all reside and operate in a region which has no IPv4 space > available. > > And in my opinion, it is this type of scenario which Counsel is referring to. > > The counter-argument to this concern is to hold off enacting 2014-1 until > ARIN exhaustion. And I haven't heard a counter-counter-argument. If 2014-1 > were not enacted until IPv4 was out of play, and the only resources that > ARIN would be giving out are IPv6 blocks and AS numbers, then I fail to see > why the fraud concern is valid. If I'm mistaken, I'd like to know how so.
Thanks, David. I agree with your assessment. I think IPv4 scarcity is indeed the reason why ARIN is becoming so territorial and provides the incentive for fraud (even, as you note, without 2014-1). Setting the enactment date to correspond to some clear measure of "runout" could be a good step forward. _______________________________________________ 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.
