<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I am not in a position to speak for or on behalf of ARIN on this subject. What I have expressed so far are my personal understandings of ARIN policy and the facts as I understand them.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Mar 28, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Lu Heng <<a href="mailto:h.lu@anytimechinese.com">h.lu@anytimechinese.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>So, If I may ask, what is ARIN's current position and what can be ARIN's possible re-action(general speaking)?<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:40 AM, Owen DeLong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:owend@he.net"><a href="mailto:owend@he.net">owend@he.net</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Mar 28, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Brian Candler wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:49:45PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:<br>
>>> ARIN "opened its doors for business on 22 December 1997". So perhaps Nortel<br>
>>> got their address space prior to that?<br>
>><br>
>> Quite probably, but, I don't think that matters in terms of transfer policy.<br>
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> What I'm saying is: if they never signed an agreement with ARIN, then they<br>
> might not be bound by its rules.<br>
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</div>Nortel may or may not be bound by ARIN's rules, but, ARIN is the registry and<br>
as such, if you want a transfer recognized in the registry, you will need to conduct<br>
the transfer according to the policies present in the registry.<br>
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Outside of the registry, anyone who wants to can run their own internet using<br>
whatever rules they choose to.<br>
<br>
Of course, what happens when one attempts to connect one of these other<br>
private internets to the IANA/RIR/RFC cooperating internet is rather vague<br>
and undefined and I leave speculations about such as an exercise for the<br>
reader.<br>
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Owen<br>
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