Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests

Jo Rhett jrhett at netconsonance.com
Tue Apr 21 21:46:27 UTC 2009


On Apr 21, 2009, at 3:49 AM, Frank Bulk - iName.com wrote:
> There's a big difference between signing that the books are right (it
> matters!) and filling out paperwork for ARIN.  The first is one of his
> primary duties as an officer of the company, the second won't even  
> make his
> secretary's "to do" list.
>
> It appears that ARIN wants to raise the IP addressing space issue to  
> the CxO
> level -- if it was interested in honesty, ARIN would have required a
> notarized statement by the person submitting the request.

No.  Those are two entirely different problems.

A notary signs only that the person in front of them has been checked  
to be who they say they are.  That's authentication. A Notary cannot  
attest that what is on the document is valid.

A CxO signing that the request is valid is Authorization to speak for  
the company.  Different spectrum.

-- 
Jo Rhett
Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source  
and other randomness







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