Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> writes:
If ARIN and/or RIPE and/or ICANN and/or anyone else were truly interested in making a dent in the problem, then they would have already paid attention to our collective work product.
the rirs, the ietf, the icann, ... each think they are the top of the mountain. we are supposed to come to them and pray. more likely that the itu will come to them and prey.
ARIN (an RIR) does not think in terms of mountains. the staff and company does what members and the elected board and elected advisory council ask. ARIN is a 501(c)(6) and sticks to its knitting, which thus far means no distinguished role in "spammers and their infrastructure" but that could change if someone writes a policy proposal which is adopted after the normal policy development process. please do consider whether ARIN could help with "spammers and their infrastructure" and if so, write a policy draft to that effect. ARIN is responsive to community input, and has well established and well publicized mechanisms for receiving and processing community input. nobody has to come and pray, but likewise, nobody should expect ARIN to look for mission creep opportunities. ARIN will go on doing what the community asks, no less, no more. ARIN has no mechanism, as a company, for "[paying] attention to [your] collective work product". our members, and the public at large who participates in ARIN's policy development process, do that. -- Paul Vixie Chairman, ARIN BoT KI6YSY