Re: Tell me about AS19111

[bzs () theworld com]

Given events including the IPv4 runout etc perhaps it's long overdue
that the RIRs should hire a professional big-name (we used to call
them Big 5) accounting firm to audit or at least review IP address,
ASN, etc. allocation.

I am not talking about money, I am talking about resource allocation.

That would be a step towards accountability.

It would likely be a lot better than "someone on NANOG noticed a
discrepancy let's shout at each other about it for a few days."

The "rules" really aren't that difficult even if the details of
technical management can be.

A modern accounting firm could find the talent to grasp how it all
should work and review how it has worked and is working.

I've worked with accountants, they know things like what we'd call in
a phrase "game theory" (you cut, I choose, etc) regarding resource
allocation, memorialization (is the record-keeping broken?), "forcing"
organizations to fix outright bugs in rules and record-keeping,
internal accountability (e.g., who has access to critical records?
what's the process when an error or fraud occurs?), proper reporting,
etc.

It wouldn't be cheap.

But as an easy suggestion I'd recommend that ISOC help with the
funding for such a project. There could be other sources.

Or possibly, I haven't a clue how the numbers might work, a $10 or $20
new annual resource allocation surcharge to underwrite such auditing.

It would be a new and potentially valuable service so, within reason,
justified.

-- 
        -Barry Shein

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