Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests

Chris Owen owenc at hubris.net
Tue Apr 21 02:07:25 UTC 2009


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On Apr 20, 2009, at 9:04 PM, David Andersen wrote:

> Just a thought:  A technical person might be very happy to lie to a  
> toothless organization that holds no real sway over him or her,  
> won't revoke the address space once granted, and for whom the  
> benefit of lots of address space in which to play exceeds any  
> potential pain from being caught, er, exaggerating their need for  
> address space.
>
> That same technical person might be less inclined to lie to a  
> director of their company who asks:  "Are you asking me to attest,  
> publicly and perhaps legally, that this information is correct?  If  
> you're wrong and you make an ass of me, it's going to be yours that  
> goes out the door."
>
> Seems like a reasonable experiment to try, at least.


I agree there is no harm in the idea but as I was reading the  
announcement this morning I couldn't help but think "Too little, too  
late".

Chris

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