John, I do understand the technical difference between assignment and routing. But this is such a big routing shift that naturally questions arise, especially given that this space owner has stewardship requirements answerable to US citizens. I get it: by the letter of ARIN law, this looks passably legal. But you’ll understand if the general public expects more “elucidation” :) — from somebody, not necessarily ARIN.
Thinking outside the letter of ARIN law, couldn't a BGP hijacker look like this? -mel > On Mar 15, 2021, at 2:19 PM, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > > On 15 Mar 2021, at 4:17 PM, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: >> >> Like any other announcement, except DOD and what looks suspiciously like a >> shell corporation. Either the DOD doesn’t know about it (and I’ve called >> DISA and opened a ticket), which is scary, or the DOD is creating a private >> shell corporation to move all it’s IP space out of government purview, which >> sounds even more scary. > > > Mr. Beckman - > > The number resources remain assigned to the DoD – please note that the > routing of an IP address block does not make for the transfer of the > resources, but rather is the normal activity that ISPs often provide to their > customers. Questions about routing of an address block should be referred > to the registrant organization in the ARIN database (which you indicate that > you have already done), and they can elucidate to you as they determine most > appropriate. > > Thanks, > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers >
