[rpd] Fwd: [arin-ppml] Micfo

[Owen DeLong]

Attn: Marcus

Please note the considerations by ARIN regarding this recent fraudster and the lengths to which ARIN is going to avoid unnecessary harm to downstream customers to the extent possible.

Owen


> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: John Curran <jcurran at arin.net>
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Micfo
> Date: May 14, 2019 at 15:00:44 PDT
> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg at tristatelogic.com>
> Cc: "arin-ppml at arin.net" <arin-ppml at arin.net>
> 
> Ronald - 
> 
> ARIN will take action to correct issuance of resources against requests determined to be fraudulent - but that does not preclude valid requests from the same entities, with properly issued resources being used to serve customers (many of which are likely to have done nothing wrong.)
> 
> I would recommend careful consideration of any policy that starts assigning labels to entities and requires unilateral revocation based on those same labels – both because of the potential for harm to innocent parties, and the potential for abuse (ie speculative fraud reports against a competitors becomes a potential weapon.)
> 
> Thanks!
> /John
> 
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers
> 
> 
>> On May 14, 2019, at 5:36 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> Don't get me wrong.  I am breaking out the champagne over ARIN's victory
>> here, but it is somewhat of a pyrrhic one if this shchmuck is still going
>> to be allowed to operate on the Internet, from ANRI-issued space, alongside
>> respectable people and companies.
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