On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 04:13:17 EDT, Joe Baptista <baptista@dot-god.com> said: > "David Conrad recently reminded legal participant of telecom conferences > that Ipv4 address space remains yours even if you don't pay the registry > fees. Conrad a registry insider at ARIN admitted people don't have to > return address space if they don't pay their fees." > > Can anyone tell me why this is the case? Well... I go down to the local rental store, and if I rent a post hole digger or a chain saw or similar, I need to return it before the next people can use it. If I forget to return the stuff I rented from Rent-An-Integer (aka ARIN), they don't need to get my integers back before they can give them out again to somebody who's not a deadbeat. Of course, at that point, you basically have RFC1918-style space with a nonstandard prefix, and are quite likely to be hassled by the current renter of that series of integers if you persist in using them on the open Internet. Remember - you're not paying for address space. You're paying for a guarantee that you're the only user of that address space. If you don't understand the distinction, you might want to stash that article and re-write it once you do. -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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