Advantages and disadvantages of legacy assets

Wed Nov 22 19:22:46 UTC 2023

> On Nov 21, 2023, at 01:38, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 10:59 AM Eric Dugas via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org> wrote:
>> Let's say you inherit legacy assets (ASN & IPv4 netblock), what are the first advantages that come to mind (beside not having to pay annual fees).
>> 
>> Any disadvantages? The ones I can think of is the lack of RIR routing security services (in the ARIN region at least). No IRR, no RPKI at all.
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Disadvantages: Expensive IRR. No RPKI. No vote in ARIN elections. No
> legal clarity regarding the status of your resources.

Expensive IRR? ALTDB is free?

Owen