On Feb 6, 2011, at 7:51 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
it is both amusing and horrifying to watch two old dogs argue about details of written rules as if common sense had died in october 1998. what is good for the internet? what is simple? what is pragmatic? if the answer is not simple and obvious, we should go break something else.
Actually, I'm in full agreement with you: the goal needs to be to keep the Internet running. Alas, I've run a few networks, but that's a few years back, and I'll be the first to admit that my particular graybeard views on what is best for the Internet lacks current operational insights. Also note that, as CEO of ARIN, it is not my role to preempt discussion by proposing solutions, but instead to encourage good discussion of the issues. So, what exactly is broken and needs to be changed? I do know that we can't have the basic premises of the system completely set on a regional basis, but we also have to allow for regional differences in policy since operators face different challenges. While the discussion is ongoing, we're keeping to the principles of aggregation, conservation, and registration, and looking forward to any consensus that emerges from the operator community to change these principles. /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN