> On Feb 12, 2026, at 10:04 AM, jay--- via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2/11/26 13:53, John Palmer via NANOG wrote: >> ARIN is again being problematic. >> They are asking for a document showing that the company is in good standing. >> We attached the document but they refuse to accept it and are giving us the >> run-around. We already certified this back in 2024. The ARIN consultant >> simply went on the state website and was able to see the company was in good >> standing. Now they want a document that doesn't exist (state provides no >> such document). > > We went through something very similar. Numerous mergers and acquisitions, > some legacy space, and the cherry on top was that our company went through a > name change in the middle of the process. Eventually we got through it. > >> The other two three orgs that we are trying to merge into our current OrgId >> - those may be a bit more difficult - being registered back when you sent >> Jon Postel an e-mail template to get space. > > As was our oldest block. > >> Look, we are trying to give them MORE money (the fee will go up if we add >> those IP4 resources to our existing RSA). Hard to believe they are this >> difficult. > > They are being "difficult" due to the many bad actors stealing legacy IPv4 > space and selling it. Once IPv4 became a monetized commodity things have > gotten really ugly. ARIN is protecting your interests, though sometimes it > doesn't seem like it. > > It's due diligence.
A "transfer lock" field on your IP blocks would do wonders here, same as domain registries. I mean, yes, presumably you would have to have a valid login to *set* that lock -- but it sounds like OP already has that, and isn't just saying "I have this old block that's only in RWHOIS". The other side of this coin is: is there any block for which this level of due diligence should NOT be performed? I don't think so, but if you have an asset you're managing, and perhaps even want to keep using in place, with the same ROA's/RDNS, this feels like a useful field to have. -Dan _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7JNH2WHRBG5LNVHI65AMABF7QRBDGFDR/
