On Mar 11, 2015, at 9:40 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie> wrote:
Hi Marco,
There are two fundamental problems here, one operational- and one policy-related.
On 11/03/2015 13:24, Marco Schmidt wrote: [...]
ARIN has confirmed that the proposed policy text is compatible with its own inter-RIR transfer policy. No potential issues have been indicated.
1. If there is a future incompatibility between RIPE policy and ARIN policy which concerns resources transferred under this category:
- Recipients within the ARIN region will be subject to current ARIN policies and sign an RSA for the resources being received.
... whose policy applies? RIPE's or ARIN's?
Nick - ARIN's policies only apply to number resources that are contained within in the ARIN registry. To the best of my knowledge, number resources which have been transferred to another regional registry would be subject to that regional Internet registry's policies. ARIN's policies most certainly apply to all resources in the ARIN registry database, and could easily have implications for ability to transfer to another party in the ARIN region or party in another region, but once transferred to another region, I am unaware of any ARIN policy that would be applicable to transferred number resources. I hope this helps clarify matters. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN p.s. Note also that the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP) allows for development of policies for administration of number resources "in the ARIN region" (and IANA-applicable global number resource policies per the ASO MOU); it is questionable if a policy proposal for administration of number resources in another regional registry would even be within the scope for the ARIN PDP...