[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2012-6: Revising Section 4.4 C/I Reserved Pool Size

[Chris Grundemann]

Are statistics for the number of Critical Infrastructure requests and
assignments over the past year (or longer) easily accessible
somewhere?

~Chris


On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:51 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
> Draft Policy ARIN-2012-6
> Revising Section 4.4 C/I Reserved Pool Size
>
> On 16 August 2012 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) selected "Revising Section
> 4.4 C/I Reserved Pool Size" as a  draft policy for adoption discussion on
> the PPML and at the Public Policy Meeting in Dallas in October.
>
> The draft was developed by the AC from policy proposal "ARIN-prop-177
> Revising Section 4.4 C/I Reserved Pool Size." Per the Policy Development
> Process, the AC submitted text to ARIN for a staff and legal assessment
> prior to its selection as a draft policy. Below the draft policy is the ARIN
> staff and legal assessment with the text that was reviewed. The text did not
> change after the assessment.
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2012-6 is below and can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2012_6.html
>
> You are encouraged to discuss Draft Policy 2012-6 on the PPML prior to the
> October Public Policy Meeting. Discussion on the list and at ARIN XXX will
> be used by the ARIN Advisory Council to determine community consensus for
> adopting this as policy.
>
> The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
>
> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
> ## * ##
>
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2012-6
> Revising Section 4.4 C/I Reserved Pool Size
>
> Date: 5 September 2012
>
> Policy statement:
>
> Change Section 4.4 Paragraph 2 from:
>
> ARIN will place an equivalent of a /16 of IPv4 address space in a
> reserve for Critical Infrastructure, as defined in section 4.4. If at
> the end of the policy term there is unused address space remaining in
> this pool, ARIN staff is authorized to utilize this space in a manner
> consistent with community expectations.
>
> Change Section 4.4 Paragraph 2 to:
>
> ARIN will place an equivalent of a /15 of IPv4 address space in a
> reserve for Critical Infrastructure, as defined in section 4.4.
>
> Rationale:
>
> Additional critical infrastructure is being added to the Internet and
> in a number greater than anticipated when this proposal was written
> and adopted.
>
> The original CI pool was created to serve new IX and new CI requirements.
> The pending need is estimated in the 600 new gTLD range. With a /24
> assignment from the existing boundary and the likelihood of some sharing
> platforms, assigning a /15 would seem prudent. I have removed the limited
> term. I have proposed implementation to occur at the point where there is
> only an equivalent of a /8 available overall.  The process for completing
> the gTLD additions still has some time to play out, but it is likely we will
> have exhausted by the time that the process does fully play out.
>
>
> ##########
>
>
> ARIN Staff and Legal Assessment
>
> ARIN STAFF ASSESSMENT
>
> Date of Assessment:  24 July 2012
>
> 1. Summary (Staff Understanding)
>
> This proposal would modify the existing micro-allocation policy and have
> ARIN staff reserve a /15 equivalent for critical infrastructure rather than
> the /16 currently cited in the policy text.  Additionally, it removes the
> clause that would allow ARIN to release any remaining space from within the
> reserved block back into its available pool at the end of 2 years.
>
> 2. Comments
>
> A. ARIN Staff Comments
>
>  * This proposal will likely benefit organizations who provide critical
>    Internet infrastructure, particularly as the new expanded ICANN gTLD
>    program rolls out.
>  * The following statement needs to be part of the actual policy text
>    that gets added to NRPM "Implementation:  When the equivalent of
>    less than a /8 is left in all inventory,"    If implemented, ARIN
>    staff will prepend that statement to the policy text for
>    clarification purposes.
>
> B. ARIN General Counsel
>
> No significant legal issue on this proposal.
>
> 3. Resource Impact
> This policy would have minimal resource impact from an implementation
> aspect.  It is estimated that implementation would occur within 3 months
> after ratification by the ARIN Board of Trustees. The following would be
> needed in order to implement:
>
> Updated guidelines and procedures
>
>
> 4. Proposal Text
>
> ARIN-prop-177 Revising Section 4.4 C/I Reserved Pool Size
> Policy statement:
>
> Change Section 4.4 Paragraph 2 from:
>
> ARIN will place an equivalent of a /16 of IPv4 address space in a
> reserve for Critical Infrastructure, as defined in section 4.4. If at
> the end of the policy term there is unused address space remaining in
> this pool, ARIN staff is authorized to utilize this space in a manner
> consistent with community expectations.
>
> Change Section 4.4 Paragraph 2 to:
>
> ARIN will place an equivalent of a /15 of IPv4 address space in a
> reserve for Critical Infrastructure, as defined in section 4.4.
>
> Rationale:
>
> Additional critical infrastructure is being added to the Internet and
> in a number greater than anticipated when this proposal was written
> and adopted.
>
> The original CI pool was created to serve new IX and new CI requirements.
> The pending need is estimated in the 600 new gTLD range. With a /24
> assignment from the existing boundary and the likelihood of some sharing
> platforms, assigning a /15 would seem prudent. I have removed the limited
> term. I have proposed implementation to occur at the point where there is
> only an equivalent of a /8 available overall.  The process for
> completing the
> gTLD additions still has some time to play out, but it is likely we will
> have exhausted by the time that the process does fully play out.
>
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