On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 12:49:34PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
Police have guns. They have handcuffs. They can arrest people. As long as RIPE's only power is to kick certain bogus and/or poorly maintained records out of the data base, there seems little danger that RIPE will functionally qualify as being the police of anything.
The NCC has the power to de-register resources, rescind services and close your LIR. This is pretty close to the death penalty in Internet terms. Moreover, in this context, it is "police", "court" and "executioner" in one handy package. It's not as toothless as you would describe it... rgds, Sascha Luck
