Lightly used IP addresses

Sat Aug 14 19:32:50 UTC 2010

Bill,

On Aug 14, 2010, at 8:51 AM, bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> 	In the formal ARIN context, there is a distiction between abuse and fraud.
> 
> 	abuse::  https://www.arin.net/abuse.html

This is a FAQ for folks who are accusing ARIN of abuse of network. With the possible exception of the last item in that FQA, it has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

> 	fraud::  https://www.arin.net/resources/fraud/index.html

This is the mechanism by which one reports fraud.  

> 	It would be helpful in clarifing the discussion if folks used the proper
> 	terminology.

Can you point to where ARIN defines exactly what they consider "abuse" and/or "fraud"?

Thanks,
-drc