Re: US executive order forces all US goverment resoruces to be with ARIN/etc?

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

>  or another appropriate regional Internet registry.


Important end of the sentence.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM Ben Cartwright-Cox via NANOG <
nanog () nanog org> wrote:

> Still reading this very word dense executive order that came out recently:
>
>
> https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/16/executive-order-on-strengthening-and-promoting-innovation-in-the-nations-cybersecurity/
>
> I did notice however that it has:
>
> > (i)    Within 90 days of the date of this order, FCEB agencies shall
> take steps to ensure that all of their assigned Internet number resources
> (Internet Protocol (IP) address blocks and Autonomous System Numbers) are
> covered by a Registration Services Agreement with the American Registry for
> Internet Numbers or another appropriate regional Internet registry.
>
> I don't have numbers on hand for how much US Gov space is already with
> ARIN, but this seems like a pretty nice win for ARIN getting an order
> for the US Gov legacy space attached to them (mentioned by name),
> while other RIRs are available in that order, I don't imagine it's
> going to other RIRs :)