On Feb 17, 2014, at 11:17 AM, David Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are you saying that the RIRs should not be establishing any policy >> on legacy address holders? > > No. I'm saying any registry policy must not damage the accuracy of the > registration database. The registration database is NOT a weapon to be used > by ARIN (or other RIRs) at their discretion. It is a global cooperative > construct used by network operators and others for operational purposes > beyond the limited scope of ARIN's (or other RIR's) particular needs. > ... > In this light, registering a transfer > - to a non-existent entity DOES NOT improve/maintain accuracy, hence no. > - of a single /32 DOES improve/maintain accuracy, hence yes.
David - The above is helpful in understanding your position. I would presume that there is no other constraints that you believe are valid for the recipient of a transfer? (e.g. valid contact information, actual legal existence as opposed to someone's pet cat, some form of membership or service agreement with the registry?) >> Or is it that RIRs should only be making allocation policy, and not >> be placing any policy constraints (or only the minimal necessary >> constraints) in the case of transfers? > > Once more with feeling: this isn't about policy (transfer or otherwise). It > is about registration database accuracy. The conundrum being that it is today possible (as has been throughout RIR system history) to have policy that inhibits "accuracy" (as you use make use of the term); examples include the requirement for the recipient to be a member of a registry (APNIC), minimum transfer sizes (LACNIC, ARIN), etc. Your particular perspective of how this "should" work might make a good framework for a globally coordinated registry update policy; effectively stating that address holders may make updates to their number resource registrations, including subdivision thereof to multiple parties, to any new assignee/recipient without restriction. I do not know how such a policy would fare in each of the regions, but it would at least reflect how you believe that the registry system should work in the present age. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN _______________________________________________ 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.
