> On 7 Apr 2022, at 12:31 PM, Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > Certainly ARIN can do anything to its registry that is within policy. The > question is what happens when someone who never signed a contract with ARIN > continues to use those resources as internet numbers and announces the routes > and other ISPs accept them despite ARIN claiming that they have issued them > to a third party? Does ARIN have recourse to prevent these advertisements or > the acceptance of them by other providers? Does the third party? Does the > registry have any meaning if there is precedence for ignoring its entries in > routing?
ARIN maintains the number registry accordingly to the policies developed by the community (and address holders have specific rights to their entries in the registry) but that does not imply any rights regarding “Internet routing”… Network operators have always been free to run their networks (and their network routing) as they see fit – the goal of having a unique Internet number registry system is simply to make network operation an easier task. As to what would happen in your hypothetical squatting scenario, that’s entirely up the network operator community – today when it happens it generally gets corrected fairly promptly. Best wishes, /John John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers
