North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Get as much IP space as you ever dreamed of, was: Re: Lookingto buy IPv4 addresses from class C swamp
On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Daniel Golding wrote: > > While its certainly wrongb to steal IPs like this, some of the blame > must go to the RIRs. They should be repo-ing this space. I realize they > engage in much handwrining over their "lack of authority", but authority > to route address space is, for all intents and purposes, given by those > who actually do the routing. Furthermore, ARIN has a large warchest for > defending against legal challenges. > > ARIN needs to repo any space that has been advertised for a reasonable > length of time, and reissue it. > Should any of the ISP community hold any responsibility to help the RIR's pull this space back when they are hijacked? I would think ARIN/RIPE/APNIC would like to see ISP's email them blocks that are hijacked so they can reclaim them, or put them into a holding pen while they attempt to contact the owners... (then reclaim if no contacts can be made) -Chris
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