[ppml] Proposed Policy: Rationalize Multi-Homing Definition and Requirement
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Wed Aug 24 10:41:11 EDT 2005
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Policy Proposal Name: Rationalize Multi-Homing Definition and Requirement
Author: Robert Seastrom
Policy term: permanent
Policy statement: In existing policy 4.2.2.2, replace the phrase
"multi-homed organizations must:" with the phrase "organizations
applying under the multi-homed policy must:" In existing policy
4.2.2.2.2, replace "Provide information showing that the requested
IP address space will be utilized within three months." with
"Provide information showing that the requested IP address space
will be utilized within three months and demonstrating an intent to
announce the requested space in a multi-homed fasion."
Rationale: Presently, organizations wishing to apply for their first
address space under the multi-homed policy must demonstrate that
they have ALREADY announced a DIFFERENT address block via
multi-homing, while simultaneously promising to renumber out of
that same block. This creates needless make-work for ISPs which are
planning to multi-home, related to old resources which they're
already trying to get out of. Likewise, it creates needless work
for both of their upstream providers, who have to temporarily
announce a prefix which DOESN'T NEED to be multi-homed, solely to
demonstrate to ARIN analysts that the applying ISP is multi-homed.
However, this same criterion can be demonstrated just as
effectively by the applying ISP showing the analyst contracts with
multiple ISPs under which the newly-applied-for block WILL BE
multi-homed, and this more accurately reflects the intent of the
original policy, while removing needless make-work at a time when
the applicant is surely already quite busy with the real
requirements of their change-over.
Timetable for implementation: immediate
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