Since you are jumping on the bandwagon I will also:
On 8/29/2021 3:15 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
In message<F04ED1585899D842B482E7ADCA581B84A9C40DDC@newserver.arneill-py.local>
Michel Py<[email protected]> wrote:
+1
I also would like to jump onto this bandwagon and likewise express my
appreciation for John's publication of his missive in support of AFRINIC.
AFRINIC's free pool and also (b) manipulating the WHOIS records of numerous
long-abandonded AFRINIC legacy blocks so as to effectively cede control of
those blocks to various other parties.
This is precisely why many years ago I pushed for - and got - annual
verification in section 3.6 of the NRPM I was 1 of 3 others who pushed
this section into the NRPM
Over the years people have whined and cried about "wahhh it exposes me
to spam wahhh wahhh" and there's been attempts to get rid of this section.
Well now all you whiners see WHY this exists. If AFRINIC had been
cleaning house these long-abandoned AFRINIC legacy blocks would have
been pulled out of whois and added into their pool, instead of hanging
around available to be stolen.
I just wanted to say "I told you so" to all the so-called "privacy
advocates" who argued against section 3.6. We do NOT live in a "kind
world where everyone does the right thing" no matter how much you wish
for it.
The AFRINIC mess is not all bad. It, like the Dred Scott decision, will
add a historical justification for why you don't do certain stupid
things just to make some people feel better. Number resources are a
shared resource and - just like property must have ownership identified
publicly - resources must have use identified publicly.
Just feels good to be vindicated.
Ted Mittelstaedt
[email protected]
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