Lightly used IP addresses

[jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net (Jeffrey Lyon)]

9. I could point out so many cases of "justification abuse" or
outright fraudulent justification and I bet nothing would actually
transpire.

My two cents.

Jeff


On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 13, 2010, at 10:36 AM, John Levine wrote:
>
>>> http://www.circleid.com/posts/psst_interested_in_some_lightly_used_ip_addresses/
>>> Discuss. ?:-)
>>
>> I don't entirely understand the process. ?Here's the flow chart as far
>> as I've figured it out:
>>
>> 1. ?A sells a /20 of IPv4 space to B for, say, $5,000
>>
>> 2. ?A tells ARIN to transfer the chunk to B
>>
>> 3. ?ARIN says no, B hasn't shown that they need it
>>
>> 4. ?A and B say screw it, and B announces the space anyway
>>
>> 5. ????
>>
>> R's,
>> John
>
> 6. ? ? ?ARIN receives a fraud/abuse complaint that A's space is being used by B.
> 7. ? ? ?ARIN discovers that A is no longer using the space in accordance with their RSA
> 8. ? ? ?ARIN reclaims the space and A and B are left to figure out who owes what to whom.
>
>
>



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