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On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 10:19 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > thank you for your research into this on our behalf and the steer to > the right things. > > Yes, these two ip address ranges are erics, and if anything he´s more > allergic to paperwork than I am. > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 11:03 AM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 8:03 AM Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > https://bgpview.io/prefix/198.177.242.0/24 > > > > This is registered to Thyrsus Enterprises via ARIN, managed by an Eric > > Raymond of Pennsylvania. Refer to > > https://search.arin.net/rdap/?query=198.177.242.0 > > > > If your friend happens to be Eric Raymond, his best bet is to simply > > leave it alone as a legacy address under his control rather than try > > to prove himself the legal successor in interest to Thyrsus > > Enterprises. As long as there is no current Thyrsus Enterprises, and > > as the guy on the whois, he'll be able to submit an LOA to an ISP and > > get them to accept the route. > > Cool. That seems way simpler than the other alternatives running though my > head. > > > If your friend isn't Eric Raymond or Thyrsus Enterprises still exists > > and is someone else... you're done. Save yourself some grief and just > > go to an address broker. Let them help you through the process of > > getting addresses. > > > > > > > https://bgpview.io/prefix/198.177.243.0/24 > > > > This is registered to Chester County Freenet care of Chester County > > Hospital. Refer to https://search.arin.net/rdap/?query=198.177.243.0 > > > > Raymond again controls it, but since he's neither the Freenet nor the > > hospital you're going to run into trouble getting it routed let alone > > getting ARIN to recognize you as the legal successor in interest. > > I do not know the history here, I will ask. > > > > > > the whole /22 was obtained to support the (long since deceased) > > > chester county freenet, but he has no record of that. Neither does > > > anyone else. > > > > Those would form a /22 with 240 and 241. Both are registered to other > > people. Unclear why you thought otherwise. If you were thinking 244 > > and 245 (which do not form a /22 with 242 and 243), I'm sorry to tell > > you that they're also registered to someone else. > > OK, good to know, that you for straightening this out a bit. > > > > > > > > I presently have one vote for ARIN and another for RIPE. We are us > > > based, but more of the folk using libreqos are located elsewhere. > > > > The addresses are registered at ARIN. Until ARIN recognizes your > > friend as the registrant organization, they will remain so. At which > > point there's not a lot of benefit to moving them. > > > > Regards, > > Bill Herrin > > > > > > -- > > William Herrin > > b...@herrin.us > > https://bill.herrin.us/ > > > > -- > Podcast: > https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7058793910227111937/ > Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos >