On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Ernie Rubi <ernesto@cs.fiu.edu> wrote:
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 choice but to do it if the 'community' wished it so (via policy process, etc).
On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
I think what John Curran is trying to say is that ARIN does not have the authority to reclaim any space
Perhaps i'm missing the point, but my interpretation is that legacy holders are sovereign and have the same standing in the community as the RIR's. The only way to get that space back is to ask nicely or for operators to stop routing legacy space. I very seriously doubt that it is within ARIN's mission to form policy that directly impacts non-members.
Most ARIN policies directly impact non-members. The vast majority of ARIN resource holders are non-members. Owen