Re: [anti-spam-wg] Any suggestions about how to deal with non co-operative ISP's and RIR's ?

[Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda@localhost]

On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:24 PM, der Mouse wrote:

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> For example, consider all the IP blocks registered to uncontactable
> entities.  I've seen various ARIN netblocks with comment fields saying
> basically "ARIN has been unable to contact this address block holder;
> if you have updated contact info, please tell us", rather than
> deregistering the block.  I've seen RIPE take similar (in)action.
Removing the registration removesd the abuse?

> > and the legal basis for ICANN or the RIRs doing this?
> I don't quite understand your basis for saying this, as though by
> pointing out the problem I had somehow acquired responsibility for
> laying out a detailed plan for fixing it.  But that aside: this is
> ICANN's problem, or rather, ICANN's lawyers' problem.  (This is one of
> a lawyer's functions, to figure out how to do what needs to be done in
> a legally good way.)
>
> To my non-lawyer's understanding, I'd expect this to simply be a  
> clause
> in the contract under which ICANN/IANA delegates address space to the
> RIRs, making this a matter for contract law - similar to whatever
> arrangements are in place to pass responsibility down from the RIRs to
> their assignees.
I should point out that IANA does not charge for the services it  
provides to the RIRs and we provide the RIRs with service without a  
contract.
Regards,

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Leo Vegoda
IANA Numbers Liaison