Post-Exhaustion-phase "punishment" for early adopters

Sat Feb 5 02:35:13 UTC 2011

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia at gmail.com>

> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Daniel Seagraves
> <dseagrav at humancapitaldev.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> 
> > How many addresses do I have to be using for it to count as in use?
> > How high will that number go in the next few months/years?
> 
> The most important thing to ensure "usage" is recognized is that the
> entire address space is announced plus routed, at least one valid
> host exists, reverse DNS servers are live, AND ensure that all
> contact details in the WHOIS database are present, accurate,and up to
> date; including phone numbers, postal address, and e-mails for the
> organization contacts.
> 
> You might look into the option of signing the Legacy RSA:
> https://www.arin.net/resources/legacy/
> Available until Dec 2011; If your allocation predated ARIN.

I gather that if you're considering signing an LRSA, you might want
to take *technically competent* legal advice first.

Cheers,
-- jra