From info at arin.net Fri Apr 2 14:04:29 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:04:29 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXV: Everything You Need to Know Message-ID: <4BB631AD.3080800@arin.net> You still have time to register to attend the ARIN XXV Public Policy and Members Meeting in Toronto, Ontario. The meeting will be full of timely discussions along with all the other great benefits you have come to expect from an ARIN meeting. Check out the agenda for all the details at: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/agenda.html. You won?t want to miss our Sunday features and your chance to learn firsthand about the Policy Development Process at 4:45 PM (EDT). You can even sign up to present your ideas at the Open Policy Hour, Sunday, 18 April from 5:00-6:00 PM (EDT). The Open Policy Hour (OPH) provides background information about draft policies, and is a showcase for your policy ideas. If you have an idea that you would like to receive feedback on prior to submitting a policy proposal, this is your opportunity. Sign up by Friday, 16 April to ensure your chance to take the microphone. Send an e-mail to policy at arin.net with your name, organization, and a general description of the policy subject you wish to present. You do not need to have a formal presentation in order to participate. Signing up in advance allows us to confirm your turn to present your policy idea. If you won?t be with us in Toronto, we are offering multiple remote participation options starting Sunday during the ?Hosting Providers & ARIN? session, the ARIN Online Demonstration, Open Policy Hour, and throughout the Public Policy and Members Meeting. In addition to the video and audio webcast, ARIN will offer a live transcript and Jabber chat to submit questions and comments and vote in straw polls. Get all the details and register as a remote participant at https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/remote.html. Remote participants who pre-register their Jabber Identifiers (JIDs) will have access to the chat rooms from the start of the meeting. You can register a JID at any time, but new participants will only be added during scheduled breaks in the meeting. Registration is not required for the webcast and live transcript. To attend or participate remotely, register now by going to ?Register for ARIN XXV? at https://www.arin.net/app/meeting/registration/, and choose the appropriate option from the drop-down menu. Please contact Member Services at info at arin.net if you have any questions. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Apr 5 10:00:54 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:00:54 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] New Team ARIN Microsite Launched! Message-ID: <4BB9ED16.9000507@arin.net> Come see the new Team ARIN microsite at www.teamarin.net! ARIN maintains this microsite as a public service to educate consumers, businesses, and governments on issues facing the Internet community and to provide easy-to-use tools to empower individuals to take action. The microsite provides updates on ARIN?s outreach and educational activities throughout the region. We are busy spreading the word about ARIN?s community-supported policy process, the impending depletion of IPv4 address space and the ongoing deployment of IPv6, and any other issues facing the community. Use the Team ARIN microsite to learn about our whereabouts at trade shows and conferences, request documentation on IPv6, and find out what you can do to help spread the word. One of the key features is the calendar of events (http://teamarin.net/calendar/), where you can see where we will be and occasionally find free trade show floor passes to come meet us in person. Presentations ARIN gives along the way will also be archived here, and staff and guest blogs will be posted about the events. The microsite also features a Spread the Word section (http://teamarin.net/spread-the-word/), with all sorts of information that visitors can use for their own presentations on the importance of getting involved with ARIN or preparing to deploy IPv6. Browse the Team ARIN microsite and let us know what you think. If you notice something missing, let us know! This site is for you ? e-mail us at info at arin.net to let us know what you want to see and we will do our best to make it happen. Please note that formal and technical information related to requesting resources, discussing policies and policy proposals, submitting operational suggestions, etc. will remain on the main ARIN site at www.arin.net. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Apr 5 13:07:30 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:07:30 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXV Fellowship Recipients Message-ID: <4BBA18D2.9010801@arin.net> ARIN is pleased to announce the recipients of its ARIN Meetings Fellowship Program for ARIN XXV in Toronto, Ontario. After reviewing the slate of applicants, the following have been selected as your ARIN XXV Fellows from each ARIN region: * Canada: Steve Bertrand, Eagle.ca Internet Services * USA: Chris Meisl, Visible Measures, Inc * Caribbean: Evona Channer, Jamaican Fair Trading Commission These Fellows will receive the following benefits: * Free meeting registration * Round-trip airfare to the meeting * Hotel accommodations at the venue hotel * A stipend to cover meals and incidental travel expenses Please join us in welcoming Steve, Chris, and Evona at their first ARIN Meeting! ARIN XXV will be held in Toronto, 18-21 April 2010 and you can learn more at: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/ARIN-XXV/index.html The call for Fellowship applications for ARIN XXVI in Atlanta, GA will be open between 5 July and 6 August 2010. If you or someone you know is interested, you can learn more about the ARIN Meetings Fellowship Program at: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/fellowship.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Fri Apr 9 10:04:52 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:04:52 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXV Policy Discussions Message-ID: <4BBF3404.5080209@arin.net> The ARIN XXV Public Policy and Members Meeting will be held very soon in Toronto. Whether you?re attending in person or participating remotely, be sure to review the agenda so you don?t miss your chance to share your thoughts during the policy discussions: Monday, 19 April 2010-3: Customer Confidentiality 2010-6: Simplified M&A transfer policy 2010-2: /24 End User Minimum Assignment Unit 2010-5: Reduce and Simplify IPv4 Initial Allocations Tuesday, 20 April 2010-7: Simplified IPv6 policy 2010-8: Rework of IPv6 assignment criteria 2010-4: Rework of IPv6 allocation criteria 2010-1: Waiting List for Unmet IPv4 Requests View the agenda for specific times at https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/agenda.html. The agenda is subject to change, but we will make every effort not to change the times for policy discussions. We will be sending daily agenda updates to all attendees and registered remote participants. You can also follow us on Twitter @TeamARIN for schedule updates. Be sure to use the #arin25 tag for your own tweets about the meeting. Complete information on the text of the draft policies being discussed is available at https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/. If you?re not able to be there in person, you can still take advantage of remote participation features that will allow your voice to be heard during critical policy discussions. In addition to following the video or audio webcast, you can read along with the live transcript, submit questions and comments, and vote in straw polls via Jabber chat. To register as a remote participant, learn more about the remote participation services, or access the meeting materials please go to https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/remote.html. We look forward to your participation. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Apr 13 12:06:28 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:06:28 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Attend ARIN XXV Remote Participation Message-ID: <4BC49684.7040707@arin.net> The ARIN XXV Public Policy and Members Meeting will be held next week in Toronto, and will feature a wide variety of presentations and important policy discussion. Can?t attend the meeting in person? No problem! ARIN XXV also offers many remote participation features. The entire ARIN XXV Meeting, including the premeeting activities, will be webcast. ARIN offers additional remote participation options, including a live transcript and chat rooms. The live transcript will record all presentations and discussions from the meeting floor, so you can read along to enhance your meeting viewing. There will also be a variety of chat room options available to registered remote participants. Remote registration is free and all remote registrants will be listed on the ARIN website as online attendees. To learn more about the ARIN meeting remote participation services please go to: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/remote.html Remote participants who pre-register their Jabber Identifiers (JIDs) will have access to the restricted chat rooms from the start of the meeting. You can register a JID at any time, but new participants will only be added during scheduled meeting breaks. Be sure to review the agenda at: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/agenda.html To ensure your access to these services, register now by going to ?Register for ARIN XXV? at https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/ and choose "ARIN XXV Remote Participant" from the drop-down. The form must be completed in order to access the meeting Jabber chat rooms. Registration is not required for the webcast and live transcript. We look forward to your participation. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Apr 19 08:55:25 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:55:25 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXV Start Message Message-ID: <4BCC52BD.2070300@arin.net> The ARIN XXV Public Policy and Members Meeting begins today in Toronto, Ontario. For those who are unable to be in Toronto, ARIN is offering a webcast and live transcript of the proceedings. The times of the broadcast are as follows: Public Policy Meeting (policy and technical discussions) Monday, 19 April 9AM - 5PM Tuesday, 20 April 9AM - 5PM Members Meeting (ARIN reports, Board of Trustees and Advisory Council reports) Wednesday, 21 April 9AM - 12PM All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), (UTC/GMT -4 hours) You may register as a remote participant at any time throughout the meeting, and registered remote participants are invited to join in the meeting chat to vote in straw polls and submit questions or comments during the times listed above. Pre-register your Jabber Identifier (JID) to have full chat room access from the start of the meeting. You can register a JID at any time, but we will only be adding new participants during scheduled breaks in the meeting. The full agenda is available at: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/agenda.html You can also follow us on Twitter @TeamARIN for schedule updates. Be sure to use the #arin25 tag for your own tweets about the meeting. For details about how to connect to the webcast, chat, and live transcript, or to refer to the Remote Participation Acceptable Use Policy, please see: http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/remote.html For the first time, all community members are invited to participate in the Daily Meeting surveys! Share their thoughts with ARIN on today?s topic, ?Doing business with ARIN?; take a few moments and answer five questions to be entered in a raffle drawing for a Freeloader Pico Solar Charger. Entries will be accepted between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM EDT, and the winner will be selected at the opening of tomorrow?s meeting. Follow the link to the survey for your chance to win: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/survey.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Apr 20 08:03:36 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:03:36 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXV: 20 April Agenda and Surveys Message-ID: <4BCD9818.2060306@arin.net> We wish you were here, but you can still join us online for the webcast and live transcript of today?s public policy meeting. Details on broadcast times and how to connect to the webcast, chat, and live transcript, or to refer to the Remote Participation Acceptable Use Policy, please see: http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/remote.html Preview today?s agenda and check for updates at: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/agenda.html You can also follow us on Twitter @TeamARIN for schedule updates. Be sure to use the #arin25 tag for your own tweets about the meeting. Be sure to complete today?s survey and give us your microsite ideas at https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/survey.html to be entered in a raffle drawing for a Mini 300Mbps Wireless N Travel Router. Entries must be received by 6:00 PM EDT today for tomorrow?s drawing. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers From info at arin.net Tue Apr 20 11:00:38 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:00:38 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Postel Network Operator's Scholarship 2010 Message-ID: <4BCDC196.1060506@arin.net> On behalf of the North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) and the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the 2010 Postel Network Operator's Scholarship. The Postel Network Operator's Scholarship targets personnel from developing countries who are actively involved in Internet development, in any of the following roles: * Engineers (Network Builders) * Operational and Infrastructure Support Personnel * Educators and Trainers This is not a postgraduate fellowship or academic scholarship. Individuals may nominate themselves for the Scholarship via email or online form. The Scholarship will be awarded annually to a recipient selected by a committee comprising representatives from the NANOG Steering Committee and the ARIN Board of Trustees. The selection committee will "whimsically" select the annual recipient exclusively in response to the question: "What Would Jon Do?" if he were asked to select a recipient. The successful applicant will be provided with transportation to and from the NANOG and ARIN joint meeting 3-8 October 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and a reasonable (local host standard) allowance for food and accommodation. In addition, all fees for participation in both meetings' events will be waived. The final grant size is determined according to final costs and available funding. The chosen recipient will be advised at least 2 months prior to the fall meeting date. Applications from qualified individuals are now being accepted. The deadline for application is 1 June 2010, and the awardees will be informed by 3 July 2010. Please read full information about the scholarship at: http://www.nanog.org/scholarships/postel.php To apply, please complete the web-based application form that is linked from that page. Optionally, you may submit your application in PLAIN ASCII in the BODY of the message, not as an attachment nor as a Word document, PDF, or any other form, to PostelNOS at nanog.org. Please be sure to include the following: * Full name and contact info * Your brief biography, including current and recent jobs held * A description of why you need and deserve this Scholarship to attend the NANOG and ARIN meetings * A description of how you plan to leverage your attendance at the meetings in your work * A brief abstract of a presentation you would give at the NANOG and/or ARIN meetings, if selected as a Scholarship winner Kind regards, -Rob Seastrom, on behalf of the Postel Scholarship Selection Committee From info at arin.net Wed Apr 21 08:40:50 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:40:50 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXV: 21 April Agenda and Surveys Message-ID: <4BCEF252.6020306@arin.net> We wish you were here, but you can still join us online for the webcast and live transcript of today?s Members Meeting. Details on broadcast times and how to connect to the webcast, chat, and live transcript, or to refer to the Remote Participation Acceptable Use Policy, please see: http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/remote.html Preview today?s agenda and check for updates at: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/agenda.html You can also follow us on Twitter @TeamARIN for schedule updates. Be sure to use the #arin25 tag for your own tweets about the meeting. Be sure to complete today?s survey and give us your opinions on social media and ARIN at https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXV/survey.html to be entered in a raffle drawing for a $120 Carbon Offset Gift Certificate (Equal to about one year offset for home energy use). Entries must be received by 6:00 PM EDT today. The winner will be announced on the ARIN website on 30 April. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers From info at arin.net Wed Apr 21 12:41:04 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:41:04 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Consultation_=96_Transfer_Listin?= =?windows-1252?q?g_Service?= Message-ID: <4BCF2AA0.90709@arin.net> ARIN is seeking community input regarding the implementation of a Transfer Listing Service for parties with documented need who are seeking IPv4 address space and parties who are authorized resource holders that may potentially be able to make IPv4 number resource available for transfer. The Transfer Listing Service is proposed to facilitate the implementation of Section 8.3 of the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM), entitled ?Transfers to Specified Recipients?, which allows a party to designate transfer of IPv4 number resources to a specified qualified recipient. The proposed Transfer Listing Service is located at www.arin.net/resources/transfer_listing.html. It is a hypothetical model to generate discussion; ARIN is specifically interested in receiving feedback on the following: 1. How long should ARIN offer a Transfer Listing Service and what, if any, conditions should be tied to its availability? 2. As proposed, there is a usage agreement for participation. Is this a fair and reasonable requirement? 3. Under what conditions should ARIN disallow or remove either an organization listing or seeking IPv4 address space from the service? For example, if an organization has a Registration Services Agreement (?RSA?) with ARIN and is not current on payments with ARIN, should they be allowed to participate? 4. Should there be a fee associated with the Transfer Listing Service? If so, on what factors should the fee be based? 5. Are there any other factors that ARIN should consider in providing this service? A Transfer Listing Service will begin operation as soon as possible after the successful completion of this community consultation. Comments regarding this proposed Transfer Listing Service can be submitted through the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/index.html Discussion on arin-consult at arin.net will close on 21 May 2010, at noon EDT. ARIN welcomes community-wide participation. Please address any process questions to info at arin.net. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers From info at arin.net Fri Apr 23 12:47:12 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:47:12 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] [Fwd: Policy Proposal 110: Preservation of minimal IPv4 Resources for New and Small Organizations and for IPv6 Transition] Message-ID: <4BD1CF10.6000904@arin.net> The following is a new policy proposal that has been posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List for discussion on that list. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Policy Proposal 110: Preservation of minimal IPv4 Resources for New and Small Organizations and for IPv6 Transition Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:46:39 -0400 From: Member Services To: arin-ppml at arin.net ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with Policy Development Process. This proposal is in the first stage of the Policy Development Process. ARIN staff will perform the Clarity and Understanding step. Staff does not evaluate the proposal at this time, their goal is to make sure that they understand the proposal and believe the community will as well. Staff will report their results to the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) within 10 days. The AC will review the proposal at their next regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly scheduled meeting is less than 10 days, then the period may be extended to the subsequent regularly scheduled meeting). The AC will decide how to utilize the proposal and announce the decision to the PPML. In the meantime, the AC invites everyone to comment on the proposal on the PPML, particularly their support or non-support and the reasoning behind their opinion. Such participation contributes to a thorough vetting and provides important guidance to the AC in their deliberations. Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html Mailing list subscription information can be found at: https://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## Policy Proposal: Preservation of minimal IPv4 Resources for New and Small Organizations and for IPv6 Transition 1. Proposal Originator: Joe Maimon 3. Proposal Version: 1 4. Date: 22 April 2010 5. Proposal type: New, Modify 6. Policy term: Permanent 7. Policy statement: [Replace 4.10 in whole with the following.] 4.10 Minimum Allocations or Assignments from Reserved Pools Upon execution of 10.4.2, ARIN will reserve pools of addresses unavailable to fulfill any requests except as detailed in this section. These pools will be utilized only for the minimal sized allocations or assignments for properly justified requests, regardless of the size of the request, under the following provisions, and only if ARIN is otherwise unable to fulfill the request in entirety. 4.10.1 Affiliation of Organizations To qualify under these sections organizations may be required to demonstrate to reasonable satisfaction that they are not affiliated with any other organizations for the intended purpose of qualifying under these sections where they would not otherwise. All other aspects of organization affiliations are not of specific concern to section 4.10. 4.10.2 Qualifying Organizations Request Fulfillment Upon approval of an otherwise unfulfillable request, ARIN will determine and notify the requester of section 4.10 applicability. Qualifying organization may receive only one request fulfillment per three month window from any of the pools defined in this section. Organizations may decline to receive resources for their requests under these sections without negating the request. Organizations who do receive resources under these sections will have their request considered fully fulfilled and completed. 4.10.3 Additional Efficiency Requirements Additional to all policy requirements for request justification and approval, the organization must not have inefficient utilization of resources equivalent in aggregate to the resource otherwise available to them via section 4.10 and all prior resources received under section 4.10 must continue to meet justification and initial requirements. 4.10.4 (Un)availability of Transfers Resources granted under section 4.10 will not be available for transfer under 8.3 and may be subject to additional scrutiny for transfers under 8.2 to ensure that the use of the resources continue to meet initial policy requirements. 4.10.5 Reserved Pools creation and Replenishment The following Pools will be created for reserved resources. Upon complete consumption of any defined pool resources, it will be replenished, if or when resources to do so become available, at the same ratio of initial reservation from the resources available via 10.4.2, but not to exceed the initial sizes. ARIN is encouraged to manage resources as they become available to anticipate this need and to attempt for maximum aggregation. Each of the pools, and preferably all, must be contained within a single prefix. 4.10.5.1 New Entrants Pool A pool, initially sized at /10, available for organizations who do not hold any Direct ARIN or Legacy IPv4 resources. 4.10.5.2 Small Organization Growth Pool A pool, initially sized at /11, available for organizations that are current holders of Direct ARIN or Legacy IPv4 resources, but no larger in total than 16 times the minimal allocations size. 4.10.5.3 Pools for IPv6 Migration These pools, described in 4.10.5.3.1 and 4.10.5.3.2, are for allocations and assignments which must be justified by immediate IPv6 deployment requirements. Allocations and assignments will have a minimal unit of /28 and a maximum unit of /24 without any concern for prevailing normative routing policies. 4.10.5.3.1 Small Organization IPv6 Migration Pool A pool, initially sized at /12, available for organization that are current holders of Direct ARIN or Legacy IPv4 resources, but no larger in total than 64 times the minimal allocation size. 4.10.5.3.2 Multihomed Organization IPv6 Migration Pool A pool, initially sized at /12, available only for multihomed organizations who would not otherwise qualify for any resources except as per 4.10.5.3 and could not otherwise meet their need with any other PI resources available. 4.10.5.3.3 Examples of Immediate IPv6 Deployment Requirements Examples of such needs include IPv4 addresses for dual stacking key servers such as DNS, content load balancers, firewalls, key routers and gateways, or for translators such as NAT-PT or NAT464 and for similar published standard purposes. 4.10.5.3.4 Subsequent Allocations from Migration to IPv6 Pools Organizations receiving resources from these pools must not hold more than two prefixes from these pools at any time. ARIN should size the subsequent resource to permit the organization to renumber out of the previous resources from this pool, if prefix expansion is unavailable. To minimize the need for renumbering, ARIN should use sparse allocation strategies for the 4.10.5.3 pools. 4.10.6 Reserved Pools Usage Reporting Annual statistics and reporting will be available on the utilization of these pools, including but not limited to, total utilization, requests fulfilled, declined requests, requests refused by category of rejection cause and number of organizations who have received multiple allocations under any portion of this section. 4.10.7 Policy Duration No part of 4.10 will be active before execution of 10.4.2, after which time and upon ARIN determination that there is no longer any significant use of any of the pools for a period of two years, this section will cease to be active and may be removed, aside from 4.10.8. ARIN may remove any pool defined by this section if there is no activity for that pool for any period of four years following activation. No portion of Section 4.10, other than 4.10.8, will apply to allocations from a pool subsequent to the pool's removal. 4.10.8 Pool Prefix List Publication ARIN will publish a list of all pool prefixes with active resources, with the minimum and maximum prefix size allocated from the pool. ##### Rationale: ##### This proposal is intended to apply both to ISP's and to End Users and only for IPv4 resources. This proposal intends to expand upon the concepts originally introduced into policy section 4.10 by merging sections 4.10 requirements and intended uses, with some modifications, along with additional pool definitions. It can coexist with other proposals, providing the availability of the requested sizes for the reserved pools are preserved in combination with any other policy. Other proposals that modify minimum allocation sizes and justification requirements will have indirect effects on the clauses of this section. This is intentional. The rationale has a short and long version. Short Version: As per data currently available, a /9 would fuel current burn rate for approximately two months which is ridiculously short. This burn time could be exchanged as a reasonable and small price to pay to receive in return a number of years of access for new organizations and lifeblood for organizations on their way to migration to IPv6. This proposal believes it is incumbent on ARIN and its community, as an integral portion of its stewardship duties, to make its best good faith effort to lessen the impact depletion will have on all, but especially on the under-served. Long Version: The long version is divided into two sections. One section will provide rationale for the entire proposal as a whole. The other will provide rationale for each individual sub-section. The rationale is intentionally overly verbose. A) Rationale for the Proposal as a Whole: This proposal is founded on the belief that there is a strong likelihood that IPv4 service and interoperability will remain of critical importance for new or growing small organizations, as well as large established organizations, for quite some time after IANA free pool depletion. It is expected that those who believe otherwise should have no objections to this proposal, since it would effectively be a no-op. The pools in total will comprise /9, which is half of the /8 allocated under 10.4.2, which represents the end of IPv4 availability based solely on need. A /9 burn rate is less than two months according to current statistics. This proposal believes we can make better use of a /9 other than two months additional burn. With a minimal allocation of /22 or /20 this proposal should provide some years of space available for the organizations described under 4.10 A /9 would not suffice the needs of organizations not described under 4.10 and it is expected that the minimal resources available under 4.10 are easily obtainable by the categories of organizations who do not qualify under 4.10, either from existing resources or from transfers allowed under section 8.3 These resources are not intended for use by an organization attempting to grow any existing IPv4 customer base to the exclusion of IPv6. It is unlikely that they will get very far by attempting to do so. These resources are not intended for use by an organization with sizable direct allocations or legacy IPv4 resources. Non ARIN RIR resources are not addressed by policy, but perhaps should be excluded as well. The proposal is structured in such a way as to reduce some potential unfair advantages larger incumbents will have post IANA free pool runout, while not subjecting them to overly unfair unavailability of resources. This proposal is not specifically targeted as to address any historical imbalance, perceived or otherwise, between large and small organizations. ARIN staff is requested to provide some estimated projections numbers, with the intention being to be able to answer questions of this nature in order to obtain a clear view as to the alternatives to the proposal and the effect the proposal may have. - How many Xlarge member organizations not qualifying under section 4.10 would have their requests satisfied by a /9 and for how long? - How many Large member organizations not qualifying under section 4.10 would have their requests satisfied by a /9 and for how long? - How many Medium member organizations not qualifying under section 4.10 would have their requests satisfied by a /9 and for how long? - How many Small member organizations not qualifying under section 4.10 would have their requests satisfied by a /9 and for how long? - To how many organizations and for how long could section 4.10.5.1 apply? - To how many organizations and for how long could section 4.10.5.2 apply? - To how many organizations and for how long could section 4.10.5.3.1 apply? - To how many organizations and for how long could section 4.10.5.3.2 apply? The size of the pools, the three month window and the size of existing resource relative to the requested resources are semi-arbitrarily chosen, the goal is to obtain 5 years or more of resources under these policies, while not consuming more than a /9. ARIN staff projections/estimated would be very helpful in refining those numbers. Other than the 4.10.5.3 pools, these numbers are also very dependent on the governing minimal allocation sizes, which can be as small as /22. For example, that would provide for 4000 new organizations under 4.10.5.1 It is expected that opposition to this proposal can fall into one of many categories, indication of which category opposition falls into will be welcome, such as the following. - Opposition to size of pools, length of windows, size of existing resources. - Opposition to the number of pools or any of the specific pools purposes. - Opposition towards any of the specific details and restrictions of this proposed policy. - Opposition in general towards changing ARIN policies with regards to allocation of IPv4 resources in response to IANA free pool depletion. - Opposition in general towards changing ARIN policies specifically in this manner. Any and all feedback is welcome. B) Rationale per Individual Sub-Section: 4.10 Minimum Allocations or Assignments from Reserved Pools Free pool runout spells the end of needs based allocation available for all. This proposal refines the idea of need to include those who need it more than others, and attempts to preserve needs based allocation availability for as long as possible for as many organizations with acute need as possible. Excluding the possibility of huge returns of IPv4 resources to ARIN, this is the only way that needs-based allocation remains directly relevant for any extended degree of time following IANA free pool runout along with subsequent RIR depletion, and the end of general availability of IPv4 resources. The resources described as available under these sections are trivial in size to any organization not meeting these sections definitions. As further justification for this proposal, these pools will dissuade hoarding and artificial scarcity which could otherwise arise if the only other availability of any IPv4 resources was under section 8 transfer mechanisms or other non policy mechanisms. 4.10.1 Affiliation of Organizations This provision is designed to give ARIN the power to prevent organizations who otherwise would not qualify, from constructing relationships with organizations for the purposes of taking advantage of the resources those organizations would now qualify and receive under section 4.10 It would be ARIN responsibility to tailor its threshold of reasonable demonstration of un-affiliation as they see fit to conform with the intent of this provision. 4.10.2 Qualifying Organizations Request Fulfillment Organizations will not be forced to accept allocations from these pools, but instead can take advantage of any other policy mechanism available, such as waiting lists or transfers. However, if they do accept fulfillment of the request under 4.10, the request is considered over and done with and they must create a new one for any further need. This section makes it ARIN's responsibility to perform a first pass on the request and to extend the opportunity to the organization to request fulfillment of their otherwise unfulfillable request from pools defined under section 4.10 Only at that point will the organization need to show qualifications and conformance with the provisions of 4.10 The goal here is to minimize the complexity involved in the application process for organizations, since ARIN should be able to form a decent impression on the likelihood of successful application of section 4.10 without the organization specifically requesting it. The window is designed to prevent organizations from collecting from all pools at once or in rapid succession. 4.10.3 Additional Efficiency Requirements Organizations are to be prevented from taking advantage of these sections if their utilization, while otherwise justified, is inefficient enough that equivalent resources are internally available. 4.10.4 (Un)availability of Transfers Transfers of resources obtained under 4.10 without the accompanying services utilizing them is incompatible with the goals as described, and should be strongly discouraged. 4.10.5 Reserved Pools creation and Replenishment If it works well ARIN should do more of it, if it possibly can. 4.10.5.1 New Entrants Pool It is part of ARIN obligations of IPv4 stewardship to attempt to preserve the ability for new organizations to enter the IPv4 marketplace for as long as it exists. If IPv4 resources are no longer generally available, either from ARIN or otherwise, existing large resource holders could be viewed as a cartel or consortium of incumbents passively or actively preventing entrance to new organizations. ARIN could also be viewed as a contributing cause for this undesirable situation. There is no more acute need for IPv4 resources than those of an organization who has none and still needs to provide critical services for interoperability with an IPv4 internet even while focusing on the more available IPv6. This assumes that for the general market, an IPv6 only provider may not be applicable for quite some time. Inaction on good stewardship objectives creates non technical liabilities. 4.10.5.2 Small Organization Growth Pool Organizations of very small size will have limited ability to stay in business long enough to migrate to IPv6 if they cannot meet even a limited portion of growth of their IPv4 population. As an example, a minimal allocation under this policy of /20 to /22 to an organization with a total of /16 to /18 allows them 6 percent growth. Percentages smaller than that are not likely to be of much benefit. For this size organization, there is very little likelyhood that internal scavenging or other mechanisms will be practical and available for them to otherwise continue to survive the migration to IPv6. These organizations may also not be prepared enough to qualify under 4.10.5.3 Larger sized organizations growth objectives could not be met by ARIN at this point for any significant percentage point no matter what, and they would be more likely to have mechanisms available to obtain the equivalent resources available under this policy, whereas the new or small organizations may not. ARIN stewardship responsibilities include all reasonable attempts to address the upcoming scenario where large organizations can take advantage of the crunch time between IPv4 and IPv6 wider utilization to drive smaller competitors out of business by passively denying them number resources available to the larger organization trivially from other sources than ARIN, internal or external to the organization. 4.10.5.3 Pools for IPv6 Migration The needs of an organization for IPv4 resources to migrate to IPv6 should take precedence over the needs of an organization trying to grow their IPv4 utilization regardless of the industries need to migrate to IPv6. Smaller organizations may feel particularly unable to proceed with IPv6 migration at any faster pace than the larger incumbent organizations. This is consistent with ARIN goals of encouraging migration to IPv6 and it is proper stewardship of IPv4 resources to prefer to satisify the needs of the organization who are doing this activity than the needs of the organizations who are not. The size restriction is based on the assumption that organizations who are the holders of that much more resources can obtain the limited resources available via this section through other means . For example if the minimal allocation is a /22 section this restriction limits organizations who hold a /16. If the minimum allocation is /20, organizations with more than /14 are restricted. With either size allocated space, it should not be all that difficult for an organization to scavenge up a /22 or /20. ARIN encouragement of successful migration to IPv6 can result in return of IPv4 resources available for all, so everybody wins. As operators insist that ARIN does not set routing policies, applicants who can only justify the minimum space /28 will get that, and routing it is up to them. It is expected that no organization will be requesting /28 unless it is actually routable and unobtainable anyother way, so this clause is for a doomsday scenario. 4.10.5.3.1 Small Organization IPv6 Migration Pool This pool is restricted to small organizations who are unlikely to have the resources available otherwise. 4.10.5.3.2 Multihomed Organization IPv6 Migration Pool This pool is explicitly available to any multihomed organization who cannot otherwise qualify for resources. If an organization was only able to claim that they need IPv4 to migrate and that they had no space, they would automatically qualify for a minimal allocation of /28, if they wanted it. The intent is to eliminate any concern that there is barrier to entry and allows organizations to be able get something no matter how small. 4.10.5.3.4 Subsequent Allocations from Migration to IPv6 Pools This contains some examples of migration uses. This is not intended to be exhaustive. ARIN staff may exercise their discretion. It is not expected that there should be any need for them to be zealous, the small size of the resources available should be dissuasive enough. 4.10.5.3.4 Subsequent Allocations from Migration to IPv6 Pools This sections requires that subsequent allocations from this policy require a renumber and return. 4.10.6 Reserved Pools Usage Reporting The reporting that ARIN performs is critically important to help ARIN members and policy participants to understand the effect of policy and to identify problematic patterns. The report data may reveal that pools are being underutilized or overutilized or misutilized and could prompt policy action to correct the utilization patterns. This will allow the community as a whole to perform reviews on this policy. 4.10.7 Policy Duration This policy is fairly complex and places burden on ARIN staff. If IPv6 transition or other factors combine to cause this pools defined to be unused for an extended period of time, ARIN should be able to remove it. If all of them are inactive, then this policy is obsolete and should be removable. It is intended that pools continue to be documented historically for route filter assistance. 4.10.8 Pool Prefix List Publication While ARIN refrains from directly influencing or controlling routing policy, ARIN should be encouraged to take steps to allow routing operators to make informed decisions with their routing policies. This section puts into writing something that ARIN performs normally. Timetable for implementation: Simultaneously with execution of 10.4.2 From info at arin.net Thu Apr 29 11:46:53 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:46:53 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] [Fwd: Re: IPv4 Fragment Managemnt policy proposal] Message-ID: <4BD9A9ED.7040003@arin.net> The following is a new policy proposal that has been posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List for discussion on that list. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: IPv4 Fragment Managemnt policy proposal Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:45:47 -0400 From: Member Services To: arin-ppml at arin.net References: <8AEAA82D-9BA6-408F-B256-157D61C952CB at delong.com> ARIN received the following policy proposal. This proposal is in the first stage of the Policy Development Process. ARIN staff will perform the Clarity and Understanding step. Staff does not evaluate the proposal at this time, their goal is to make sure that they understand the proposal and believe the community will as well. Staff will report their results to the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) within 10 days. The AC will review the proposal at their next regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly scheduled meeting is less than 10 days, then the period may be extended to the subsequent regularly scheduled meeting). The AC will decide how to utilize the proposal and announce the decision to the PPML. In the meantime, the AC invites everyone to comment on the proposal on the PPML, particularly their support or non-support and the reasoning behind their opinion. Such participation contributes to a thorough vetting and provides important guidance to the AC in their deliberations. Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html Mailing list subscription information can be found at: https://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## Owen DeLong wrote: > At ARIN XXV, one of the discussions pointed out that under current > ARIN policy, after IANA runout, a justified request for a /10 could > (and would) be satisfied, if necessary, by issuing 1024 disjoint /20s. > > I believe there is a need for policy to prevent this kind of > gathering of the last breadcrumbs by a small number of large > entities. As such, I offer the following proposal for the discussion > of the community. > > Owen > > TEMPLATE: ARIN-POLICY-PROPOSAL-TEMPLATE-2.0 > > 1. Policy Proposal Name: IPv4 Fragment Management > 2. Proposal Originator > a. name: Owen DeLong > b. email: owen at delong.com > c. telephone: 408-890-7992 > d. organization: Hurricane Electric > 3. Proposal Version: 0.8 > 4. Date: 2010-04-28 > 5. Proposal type: New > new, modify, or delete. > 6. Policy term: Permanent > temporary, permanent, or renewable. > 7. Policy statement: > > Add the following to the NRPM as new sections 4.2.1.7 et. seq. > > Each time ARIN approves an IPv4 request which it cannot > satisfy from 4 or fewer bit-aligned blocks of free address > space, ARIN shall notify the requestor that there is > insufficient free address space to meet their request and > shall offer the requestor their choice of the following > alternatives: > > a. They can have the largest 4 available bit-aligned > blocks of free addresses. > > b. This section reserved -- (in case we implement the > waiting list for unmet requests policy) > > c. They can seek resources through the directed > transfer policy in section 8.3 of the NRPM. > > 8. Rationale: > > When the ARIN free pool begins to diminish, the free space > will become fragmented into smaller and smaller remaining > contiguous spaces. This policy attempts to ensure that a > large number of remaining disjoint small blocks are not > consumed by a single large request. > > While this policy could be regarded as unfair to larger > entities, it is consistent with the safeguards adopted in > section 8.3 which require an exact match or full fill > style of resource transfer. As such, I believe the policy > is fair and in line with the consensus will of the community. > > 9. Timetable for implementation: Immediate, although it has no > actual effect until some time after IANA runout. > > END OF TEMPLATE > From info at arin.net Thu Apr 29 12:00:17 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:00:17 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] [Fwd: Policy Proposal 112: Utilization of 10.4.2 resources only via explicit policy] Message-ID: <4BD9AD11.8020704@arin.net> The following is a new policy proposal that has been posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List for discussion on that list. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Policy Proposal 112: Utilization of 10.4.2 resources only via explicit policy Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:59:34 -0400 From: Member Services To: arin-ppml at arin.net ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with Policy Development Process. This proposal is in the first stage of the Policy Development Process. ARIN staff will perform the Clarity and Understanding step. Staff does not evaluate the proposal at this time, their goal is to make sure that they understand the proposal and believe the community will as well. Staff will report their results to the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) within 10 days. The AC will review the proposal at their next regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly scheduled meeting is less than 10 days, then the period may be extended to the subsequent regularly scheduled meeting). The AC will decide how to utilize the proposal and announce the decision to the PPML. In the meantime, the AC invites everyone to comment on the proposal on the PPML, particularly their support or non-support and the reasoning behind their opinion. Such participation contributes to a thorough vetting and provides important guidance to the AC in their deliberations. Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html Mailing list subscription information can be found at: https://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## Policy Proposal Name: Utilization of 10.4.2 resources only via explicit policy Proposal Originator: Joe Maimon Proposal Version: 1.0 Date: 29 April 2010 Proposal type: New Policy term: permanent Policy statement: Add section 4.11 4.11 Last /8 utilization Resources received from IANA under section 10.4.2 (the last /8) will be unavailable for any purposes not explicitly specified, such as 4.10, and will be held in reserve. Rationale: No reason to blow the last /8 as quickly as all the others. Timetable for implementation: Concurrently with 10.4 From info at arin.net Fri Apr 30 14:04:35 2010 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:04:35 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXV Raffle Winners Message-ID: <4BDB1BB3.6040403@arin.net> ARIN thanks the 139 community members who attended ARIN XXV in Toronto and to the 66 remote participants who watched the webcast and participated remotely in the various chat rooms. We especially appreciate the feedback you provided by completing the various surveys. To thank our survey participants, ARIN holds a number of prize drawings. Names were randomly selected from those entries submitted by completing the ARIN XXV General Meeting Survey, the Remote Participant Survey and the Daily Survey for 21 April. All remaining unsuccessful entries for the Meeting, Daily and First Timers Luncheon Surveys were entered into the Consolation Raffle. The winners of the ARIN XXV Raffles are: * General Meeting and Remote Participant Survey Raffle: Torsten Seigelberg of Rogers Communications will receive an OWLE iPhone Video/Audio Rig * Daily Survey for 21 April: Kathleen Schalk of DOD NIC will receive a $120 Carbon Offset Gift Certificate, equal to about one year offset for home energy use * Consolation Raffle: Brenden Kuerbis of the Internet Governance Project will receive a Nintendo Wii Thank you to everyone who participated in the meeting and responded to the surveys. We will use your feedback to improve future meetings, and hope you will join us online or in person for ARIN XXVI, 6-8 October 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers