Re: apnic - second day better

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> If the RIRs manage to drive home the idea that you only have "legal" right 
> to address space if you've got an ongoing relationship with an RIR, and 
> that we (for some sense of "we") don't have to care about those with 
> address space the RIRs have no idea who "owns", the idea of trusting the 
> RIRs and only the RIRs to say "what address block belongs to which user" is 
> more viable. If huge chunks of "important" address space aren't in the 
> RIRs' lists of "authorized owners", one has to trust more sources of such 
> info.

some would like this, i.e. they do not see the rirs as the
authoritative source for ownership of historical space.
(personally, i am ambivalent)

also note that paul made very clear (took me two tries:-) that the
rir will continue to change whois date even if the recipient is not
a member.  this is not to say that they will issue attestation of
ownership.

randy