On Sat, 9 May 2026, Tony Li wrote:
Hi all,
I tried to attend the session on TIPTOP, but was unable to do so. There were
many comments that came up that I’d like to respond to.
1) Space is outside of ARIN’s charter.
This is absolutely true. It’s outside of everyone’s charter. It was not
part of anyone’s thinking when the RIR system was first established. This
is an oversight that needs to be corrected. John mentioned the example of
Antartica, which I think is apropos. A small demand, which ARIN handles
for the good of the global community. I think space should be handled
the same way.
Nothing currently in space using Internet resources exists there
independent of an Earth-based corporation or government entity. Why make
space part of any one RIR's charter? If your stuff in space using IP
belongs to an EU entity, default to using/acquiring resources from RIPE.
If it belongs to a multinational entity, they likely already get resources
from multiple RIRs and can pick which one they want to use for resources.
i.e. Just make "use in space" not "out of region" for all the RIRs.
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