Re: [address-policy-wg] On use of the word "sold" (was: 2012-01 New Policy Proposal (Inter-RIR IPv4 Address Transfers))

On Apr 5, 2012, at 3:50 PM, David Conrad wrote:

It would seem ARIN has decided that accuracy of registration data is secondary to conformance to "consensus" policy. I hope RIPE does not follow ARIN down that particular path as such an approach would appear to strongly encourage the proliferation of registration information databases which will undoubtedly result in challenges in network operations.

So far it hasn't been a problem, but that's best a discussion for mailing lists back in the ARIN region. FYI, /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN