On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: >> Why not go after low lying fruit first? If an ASN was assigned years >> ago and hasn't appeared in the RIB for the past year that ASN should >> be reclaimed. Send warning emails to the registered contacts as well >> as to the assigning LIR and after 3 months - just reclaim it. > > because property is unused publicly does not affect the rights of its > owner(s). otherwise old car collector wannabes could have a heyday.
Randy, A. AS numbers are not property. B. If they were property (and they're not), then at least in NANOG's region there are adequate laws regarding escheat of unclaimed property. I interpret this to be what Hank was going for: attempt to contact anyone with a registered but apparently unused AS number and "escheat" the ones that go unclaimed back to the registries. Whether or not this is a worthwhile activity is an entirely different question for which I intentionally decline to offer an opinion. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
