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Nortel is selling IPv4 addresses? It's bit difficult to sell something that is officially owned by the RIR (in this case: ARIN). Maybe Nortel (or the buyer) sho
by adulau 16y ago
Nortel is selling IPv4 addresses? It's bit difficult to sell something that is officially owned by the RIR (in this case: ARIN). Maybe Nortel (or the buyer) should review the current policy of allocation and assignment from ARIN : https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html
- pieter 16y agoIt says in the article that their IP space is from a legacy block, which means it's has never been given by IANA to any RIR, so ARIN can't make a claim on it. Not sure how they'd get 666k addresses out of legacy space though :).
- adulau 16y agoI'm not sure that legacy blocks can be really transferable with an exchange of money. http://www.merit.edu/events/mmc/pdf/2008_Stovall_ARIN.pdf http://www.merit.edu/events/mmc/pdf/2008_Stovall_ARIN.pdf It seems as long as right holder is changed in the whoisdb... it seems fine.
- wmf 16y agoThe situation has changed since 2008; maybe look at more recent ARIN policy.
- jedsmith 16y agoThey specifically allow it now, and I don't think this article has to do with 47/8. They probably cannot transfer 47/8. There are other, smaller allocations in ARIN WHOIS; my officemate rattled them off out loud but I couldn't add in my head fast enough. Dig through WHOIS, it probably adds up to 666k.