ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space

Fri Apr 9 18:42:50 UTC 2010

Regulatory bodies can fine you. Not all regulation comes with guns, hippies. ;)

And .. The FCC does have access to people with guns, as does any US Federal Agency. Try transmitting illegally on an FM band for a while and see who shows up. I'd be shocked if people with guns didn't arrive in record time. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis Maurand [mailto:cmaurand at xyonet.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:15 AM
To: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space

On 4/9/2010 1:43 PM, William Herrin wrote:
>> No, ARIN is not a regulator.  Regulators have guns or access to 
>> people with
>> guns to enforce the regulations that they enact. ARIN has no such power.
>>
>> The FCC is a regulator.  The California PUC is a regulator. ARIN is not
>> a regulator.
>>      
> Last I heard, the FCC has access to people with law degrees not guns.
> Much like ARIN, really.
>    
ARIN can act by de-allocating your network and revoking your ASN's.  
They can't fine you, but if you violate the RSA, they can revoke your 
stuff.  That seems regulatory to me.

--Curtis