[ppml] Policy Proposal 2004-3: Global Addresses for Private Network Inter-Connectivity - revised

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This policy proposal was previously discussed on this mailing list and at
the ARIN XIII and XIV Public Policy Meetings. Based on the feedback
received from those discussions, the language of this policy proposal has
been revised. This proposal is open for discussion on this mailing list
and will be on the agenda at the Public Policy Meeting in April, 2005.

The current policy proposal text is provided below and is also available
at http://www.arin.net/policy/2004_3.html.

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Policy Proposal 2004-3: Global Addresses for Private Network
Inter-Connectivity

Policy statement:

End-users not currently connected to an ISP and/or not planning to be
connected to the Internet are encouraged to use private IP address numbers
reserved for non-connected networks (see RFC 1918). When private,
non-connected networks require interconnectivity and the private IP
address numbers are ineffective, globally unique addresses may be
requested and used to provide this interconnectivity.

This text supersedes section 4.3.5 Non-connected Networks.

Rationale:

In order to provide clarification for current ARIN practice concerning the
use of Global Addresses for private network interconnectivity, the change
above to the ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual is proposed.

Current wording of Section 4.3.5 Non-connected Networks:
End-users not currently connected to an ISP and/or plan not to be
connected to the Internet are encouraged to use private IP numbers
reserved for non-connected networks (see RFC 1918
</library/rfc/rfc1918.txt>).