IP Allocation/Assignment Doc Draft

David,
Yes, I see your point...since it is to be (by my assertion alone) an ARIN
document, then ARIN must assent to its content and since there is no policy
on reclamation it would be unwise to make statements that might imply one.
My actual thought (I did have one) on what this brief section would contain
is much as you say.  That reclamation is an area of interest to ARIN and the
broader Internet community and that ARIN, other RIRs and the IETF have made
calls for the turn-in of unused or underused address space.
I think it would be handy to make some reference to voluntary return of such
address space...hate to miss the opportunity... and also to show ARINs
interest in it...even though no formal policy or procedure currently is
expressed.
billd
 
> 
> Hello Bill et al.,
> 
> > I have below a proforma outline of what might be a document 
> to help ISPs
> > educate customers about IP addressing issues that impact 
> them through ARIN
> > and the ISP involved.
> 
> > Legacy Assignments and IPv4 address reclamation (brief)
> > 	The problem with correcting problems of the past
> > 	Current status
> 
> Given the fairly "murky" nature of legacy space reclamation, 
> it is my own
> opinion that it might be prudent *not* to address this issue in such a
> document. I'm just not sure how you would word the section so 
> as not to
> make proclamations on principles and methodologies in which the ARIN
> membership has not really given significant public input.
> 
> /david
> 
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