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[marka at isc.org (Mark Andrews)]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.1209182339200.5518 at sasami.anime.net>, goemon at anime.ne
t writes:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Owen DeLong wrote:
> > On Sep 18, 2012, at 21:11 , Mike Hale <eyeronic.design at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> "this is the arin vigilante cultural view of the world.  luckily, the
> >> disease does not propagate sufficiently to cross oceans."
> >>
> >> I'd love to hear the reasoning for this.  Why would it be bad policy
> >> to force companies to use the resources they are assigned or give them
> >> back to the general pool?
> > Many of them _ARE_ using them, just not using them directly on the public
> > internet. There is nothing wrong with that.
> >
> > As others have said... !announced != !used.
> 
> Is they are not using them directly on the public internet, then there's 
> no reason we can't use them.
> 
> Problem solved!
> 
> -Dan

	!announced whole world != !announced.

	There is a simple rule.

	DO NOT USE ADDRESSES THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOCATED.

	Anything else has the potential to cause operational problems.

	Mark
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