On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:37 AM, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > If a relying party's use of PKI infrastructure legally equated to > acceptance of the relying party agreement (RPA), then having an > explicit record of acceptance of the RPA would not be necessary. > > Alas, it does not appear possible to equate use of PKI certificates > with agreement to the associated RPA (and some might argue that this > is a feature, as some folks would not want to be legally bound to an > agreement which they did not explicitly review and accept.)
John, Randy: I'm confused. Are you saying that unlike a whois lookup, I'll need a contract with ARIN to look up and validate someone else's RPKI certificate? Would you clarify which parts of RPKI I need a contract with ARIN to do and which parts I do not? Thanks, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004