Same reason urgent action networks work for amnesty International. Because when someone thinks other people are watching, truth is revealed.
Kind Regards, Carl On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Joe Greco <jgr...@ns.sol.net> wrote: > Forwarded message: > > Subject: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests > > From: ARIN Registration Services <do-not-re...@arin.net> > > > > Hello, > > > > With the approaching depletion of the IPv4 address free pool, the > > ARIN Board of Trustees has directed ARIN staff to take additional > > steps to ensure the legitimacy of all IPv4 address space requests. > > Beginning 18 May 2009, ARIN will require that all applications for > > IPv4 address space include an attestation of accuracy from an officer > > of the organization. For more information on this requirement, please > > see: > > > > https://www.arin.net/resources/agreements/officer_attest.html > > > > Whenever a request for IPv4 resources is received, ARIN will ask in > > its initial reply for the name and contact information of an officer > > of the organization who will be able to attest to the validity of the > > information provided to ARIN. > > > > At the point a request is ready to be approved, ARIN will send a summary > > of the request (via e-mail) to the officer with a cc: to the requesting > > POC (Tech or Admin) and ask the officer to attest to the validity of the > > information provided to ARIN. The summary will provide a brief overview > > of the request and an explanation of the required attestation. ARIN will > > include the original request template and any other relevant information > > the requestor provided. Once ARIN receives the attestation from the > > officer, the request can be approved. Attestation may also be provided > > via fax or postal mail. > > > > For further assistance, contact ARIN's Registration Services Help Desk > > via e-mail to hostmas...@arin.net or telephone at +1.703.227.0660. > > Let me see if I can understand this. > > We're running out of IPv4 space. > > Knowing that blatant lying about IP space justifications has been an > ongoing game in the community, ARIN has decided to "do something" about > it. > > So now they're going to require an attestation. Which means that they > are going to require an "officer" to "attest" to the validity of the > information. > > So the "officer," most likely not being a technical person, is going to > contact ... probably the same people who made the request, ask them if > they need the space. Right? > > And why would the answer be any different, now? > > ... JG > -- > Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net > "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then > I > won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail > spam(CNN) > With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many > apples. > >
