On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Benson Schliesser wrote: >> Such transfers should be reported when noticed, so the resources can be >> reclaimed and reissued. > > Is any RIR authorized, in a legal sense, to "reclaim" legacy address blocks > that RIR didn't "issue"? Without that legal authority, is any RIR prepared > to accommodate the legal damages stemming from "reclamation"? (Does the RIR > membership support such action, in the first place?)
Resources are listed in the ARIN WHOIS database, which is administered per policies established by the community in this region. Short answer: there's no shortage of authority updating that database as long as the community wishes it so. /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
