Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million

2011-03-24 Thread Ernie Rubi
Agreed, Look at: http://ciara.fiu.edu/publications/Rubi%20-%20Property%20Rights%20in%20IP%20Numbers.pdf Even assuming Kremen was decided as ARIN says; United States District Courts can and do disagree. On Mar 24, 2011, at 2:24 PM, David Conrad wrote: Yes, Kremen lost, but not based on

Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million

2011-03-24 Thread Ernie Rubi
Alright, how about this - let's wait and see what the bankruptcy judge says. Which firm do you practice for? On Mar 24, 2011, at 3:05 PM, William Herrin wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Ernie Rubi erne...@cs.fiu.edu wrote: http://ciara.fiu.edu/publications/Rubi%20-%20Property

Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million

2011-03-24 Thread Ernie Rubi
...@arin.net wrote: On Mar 24, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote: At your suggestion, I went to the IGP blog and read the last comment. I see there is a response by Ernie Rubi to your blog comment, which captures my question so well that (with apologies to Mr Rubi) I'll quote him: Mr. Rubi

Issues with 23.1.64.0/20?

2011-03-02 Thread Ernie Rubi
Anyone else see anything / know of any odd behavior on the prefix yesterday afternoon/today? Here in Miami (NAP) we saw some issues through one of our upstreams and ended up disabling the BGP session, then re-enabling it with a filter to block said prefix. We've since removed the filter and

Re: Leasing of space via non-connectivity providers

2011-02-05 Thread Ernie Rubi
Good question: Depends on what kind of address space assignment - if you mean legacy IP space, then no there is no case law. Kremen v. ARIN (Northern District of CA) is the only case law out there, but it is on point only as to 'current' IP space. In Kremen, the district court went only

Re: And so it ends...

2011-02-03 Thread Ernie Rubi
OK so the argument is the 'community' is ARIN's source of legal power or is the corporate laws of the State of Virginia? On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:57 AM, John Curran wrote: On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Benson Schliesser wrote: Such transfers should be reported when noticed, so the resources can

Re: And so it ends...

2011-02-03 Thread Ernie Rubi
Curran wrote: On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Ernie Rubi wrote: OK so the argument is the 'community' is ARIN's source of legal authority or is it the corporate laws of the State of Virginia? Mr. Rubi - ARIN operates the ARIN WHOIS database as part of the mission of organization in serving

Re: And so it ends...

2011-02-03 Thread Ernie Rubi
That's the question, and it seemed that the answer started to be formulated in terms of 'community acquiescence/policy leads to authority' in a previous email, so I wanted to make sure that was in fact the response to the question, at least in part. ARIN will likely argue that 'this was done

Re: And so it ends...

2011-02-03 Thread Ernie Rubi
Um, I think that's what ARIN means when they say changing the registrant on a block from Entity A to Entity B means. That's effectively 'reclaiming'. As I understand it, I think they also contend that the 'community' could say to ARIN 'take back X legacy block' and that ARIN would have no

Re: And so it ends...

2011-02-03 Thread Ernie Rubi
I don't think that's ARIN's position (someone correct me if I'm wrong), especially if you mean to say they having the same 'rights' as RIRs to transfer/assign/lease/delegate/port those IP numbers. Using the numbers you have is another thing entirely. On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Lyon

Re: And so it ends...

2011-02-03 Thread Ernie Rubi
Way off topic here...and into the legal arena: As to the monopoly classification, do you think, at least with ARIN (since it is a US/Virginia corporation) that Sherman Act §2 (i.e. antitrust) principles could be applied to require that it relinquish some of the control over said IP

Re: Verizon acquiring Terremark

2011-01-31 Thread Ernie Rubi
Don't take this the wrong way but vote with your feet if you don't like it. Taken to its logical conclusion this is the no one person or corporate entity is 'neutral' rationale/argument - so what? For-profit business organizations (both VZ and TMRK are publicly traded for-profit with

NSF.gov Unavailable

2010-10-27 Thread Ernie Rubi
Um, down for everyone reports it as down for everyone. Any news as to what may be causing it? Ernesto M. Rubi Sr. Network Engineer AMPATH/CIARA Florida International Univ, Miami Reply-to: erne...@cs.fiu.edu Cell: 786-282-6783

Re: ARIN recognizes Interop for return of more than 99% of 45/8 address block

2010-10-20 Thread Ernie Rubi
I don't think ARIN (or any other RIR) wants people to think this way. Appreciation and value are words that most folks at ICANN don't want network engineers to associate with IP addresses. The real value is in routing; is the party line. STLS to me is kind of double speak, ARIN says: this

Carpathia Hosting (AS29748) Contact

2010-08-19 Thread Ernie Rubi
Hi all, Anyone from AS29748 with peering auth, can you contact me off list? Thanks, Ernesto M. Rubi Sr. Network Engineer AMPATH/CIARA Florida International Univ, Miami Reply-to: erne...@cs.fiu.edu

Re: Terry Childs conviction

2010-04-29 Thread Ernie Rubi
Illegal control = Conversion = at least a tort, but could also be a crime. On Apr 29, 2010, at 10:05 PM, William Pitcock wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 21:48 -0400, David Krider wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 16:47 -0500, William Pitcock wrote: Surely even at DeVry they teach that if you refuse

Re: Cisco hardware question

2010-03-04 Thread Ernie Rubi
Step #2. Retain legal counsel or talk to general counsel. On Mar 4, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Adcock, Matt [HISNA] wrote: Don't deploy the equipment, demand a refund, and report the reseller to Cisco. I agree completely with Brian - find a good Cisco partner and stick with them. Also, you

Re: Legislation and its effects in our world

2009-02-25 Thread Ernie Rubi
I agree - Although this isn't legal advice and I'm not a lawyer: It amends 18 U.S.C. §2703 which is entitled Required Disclosure of Customer Communications or Records which refers to providers, not home users... Better question: 1) Is there a reasonable expectation of privacy in the

UDRP and ICANN / Input Requested

2008-10-22 Thread Ernie Rubi
Hi folks, So I'm a network engineer and a law student and have decided to write a short note for one of our International Law classes based on UDRP and ICANN issues. I'd like to request input from the community as to what they see as the advantages and disadvantages for the UDRP process

143.228.0.0/16 and house.gov

2008-09-30 Thread Ernie Rubi
Hi folks, just musing... From an ops perspective, wonder just how much traffic caused: This morning, our engineers sounded the alarms ... and we have installed a digital version of a traffic cop. We enacted stopgaps that we planned for last night. We had hoped we didn't have to. --Jeff