On Feb 3, 2011, at 4:29 PM, John Curran wrote: > On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:42 PM, David Conrad wrote: > >> Second, neither ICANN nor the USG has (to my knowledge) declared the RIRs to >> be "successor registries" (whatever they are). > > David - ARIN succeeded Network Solutions in 1997 in the performance of IP > number assignment, Autonomous System number assignment, and IN-ADDR.ARPA > tasks.
I succeeded my father. That fact does not automatically grant me any authority of his - it has to be legally provided for (e.g. inherited per the law) if I'm to claim it legitimately. Does ARIN have a privileged legal status as a result of their formation by NetSol, by contract with IANA or the US Govt, or otherwise? -Benson
