From info at arin.net Tue Dec 2 14:53:23 2008 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:53:23 -0500 Subject: Policy Proposal: Depleted IPv4 reserves Message-ID: <49359233.1010903@arin.net> ARIN received the following policy proposal. In accordance with the ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process, the proposal is being posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) and being placed on ARIN's website. The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) will review this proposal at their next regularly scheduled meeting. The AC will assign shepherds in the near future. ARIN will provide the names of the shepherds to the community via the PPML. In the meantime, the AC invites everyone to comment on this 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. The ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html Mailing list subscription information can be found at: http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## Policy Proposal Name: Depleted IPv4 reserves Author: Dan Alexander Proposal Version: 1 Submission Date: 12/2/2008 Proposal type: New Policy term: Permanent Policy statement: (add the following section to the nrpm) 4.1.8 Depleted IPv4 reserves A limit will be applied to all IPv4 address requests when ARIN's reserve of unallocated IPv4 address space drops below an equivalent /9. When this happens, an ISP or End User may receive up to a single /20 within a six month period. Rationale: As the reserve of IPv4 address space becomes smaller, there is a risk that many organizations will be denied resources by a large, last minute request. By implementing a throttle on the last of the IPv4 address space, a more limited group of organizations will be impacted, allowing many organizations to receive ongoing resources during the transition to IPv6. According to the ARIN statistics page http://www.arin.net/statistics/index.html, 1,993 organizations were issued IP space in 2006 and 2007. Of these allocations 41% of the applicants received less than a /20. On the opposite end, 82 organizations received large blocks. Given that the last reserve of IPv4 space cannot possibly meet the needs of the 82 organizations, the space could be managed in a way to provide for the needs of a wider base of consumers while the largest ISP's build momentum behind IPv6. The goal is to find a balance between the needs of organizations requiring space, and avoiding the restrictions on end user growth. For this reason, any caps on allocations should be implemented when the reserves are essentially depleted, rather than trying to restrict end user growth when IP space is still readily available. By putting a six month window on the maximum allocation, the remaining IP space could provide at least one year for everyone to implement other solutions while still being able to obtain an IPv4 address allocation. The time period was also added to provide a consistent rate of depletion, avoiding a scenario where a large organization could queue multiple, justifiable requests, resulting in the scenario the proposal is intended to avoid. Additional language may need to be added in the event a paid transfer policy is approved. The thinking is to have two pools of available IP. One being the current IANA allocated, reserve of IP space. The second being IP blocks recovered through monetary incentive. This proposal would apply to the IANA allocated reserves and would not apply to blocks made available by monetary means. An additional thought was to avoid tying this policy shift specifically to the last /8 allocated by IANA. This allows the policy to come in and out of play in the event that IPv4 address space is abandoned or returned to ARIN. Timetable for implementation: Immediate From info at arin.net Mon Dec 8 13:58:18 2008 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:58:18 -0500 Subject: [arin-ppml] Policy Proposal: Depleted IPv4 reserves In-Reply-To: <49359233.1010903@arin.net> References: <49359233.1010903@arin.net> Message-ID: <493D6E4A.2010906@arin.net> > The AC will assign shepherds in the near > future. ARIN will provide the names of the shepherds to the community > via the PPML. The ARIN Advisory Council shepherds for this proposal are Scott Leibrand and Paul Andersen. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) Member Services wrote: > ARIN received the following policy proposal. In accordance with the ARIN > Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process, the proposal is being > posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) and being placed on > ARIN's website. > > The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) will review this proposal at their next > regularly scheduled meeting. The AC will assign shepherds in the near > future. ARIN will provide the names of the shepherds to the community > via the PPML. > > In the meantime, the AC invites everyone to comment on this 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. > > The ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process can be found at: > http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html > > Mailing list subscription information can be found at: > http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ > > Regards, > > Member Services > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > ## * ## > > > Policy Proposal Name: Depleted IPv4 reserves > > Author: Dan Alexander > > Proposal Version: 1 > > Submission Date: 12/2/2008 > > Proposal type: New > > Policy term: Permanent > > Policy statement: > > (add the following section to the nrpm) > > 4.1.8 Depleted IPv4 reserves > > A limit will be applied to all IPv4 address requests when ARIN's reserve > of unallocated IPv4 address space drops below an equivalent /9. When > this happens, an ISP or End User may receive up to a single /20 within a > six month period. > > Rationale: > > As the reserve of IPv4 address space becomes smaller, there is a risk > that many organizations will be denied resources by a large, last minute > request. By implementing a throttle on the last of the IPv4 address > space, a more limited group of organizations will be impacted, allowing > many organizations to receive ongoing resources during the transition to > IPv6. > > According to the ARIN statistics page > http://www.arin.net/statistics/index.html, 1,993 organizations were > issued IP space in 2006 and 2007. Of these allocations 41% of the > applicants received less than a /20. On the opposite end, 82 > organizations received large blocks. Given that the last reserve of IPv4 > space cannot possibly meet the needs of the 82 organizations, the space > could be managed in a way to provide for the needs of a wider base of > consumers while the largest ISP's build momentum behind IPv6. > > The goal is to find a balance between the needs of organizations > requiring space, and avoiding the restrictions on end user growth. For > this reason, any caps on allocations should be implemented when the > reserves are essentially depleted, rather than trying to restrict end > user growth when IP space is still readily available. > > By putting a six month window on the maximum allocation, the remaining > IP space could provide at least one year for everyone to implement other > solutions while still being able to obtain an IPv4 address allocation. > The time period was also added to provide a consistent rate of > depletion, avoiding a scenario where a large organization could queue > multiple, justifiable requests, resulting in the scenario the proposal > is intended to avoid. > > Additional language may need to be added in the event a paid transfer > policy is approved. The thinking is to have two pools of available IP. > One being the current IANA allocated, reserve of IP space. The second > being IP blocks recovered through monetary incentive. This proposal > would apply to the IANA allocated reserves and would not apply to blocks > made available by monetary means. > > An additional thought was to avoid tying this policy shift specifically > to the last /8 allocated by IANA. This allows the policy to come in and > out of play in the event that IPv4 address space is abandoned or > returned to ARIN. > > Timetable for implementation: Immediate > > > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML at arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact info at arin.net if you experience any issues. > > From info at arin.net Wed Dec 17 11:01:04 2008 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:01:04 -0500 Subject: NRPM version 2008.5 - New Policy Implementation Message-ID: <49492240.7010603@arin.net> On 3 December 2008 the ARIN Board of Trustees, acting on the recommendation of the Advisory Council and noting that the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process had been followed, adopted the following policy proposal: * Policy Proposal 2008-4: Minimum Allocation in the Caribbean Region This policy has been incorporated into version 2008.5 of the ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM). NRPM version 2008.5 is effective 17 December 2008 and supersedes the previous version. See Appendix A of the NRPM for information regarding changes to the manual. The NRPM can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html Appendix A can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm_changelog.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Dec 23 14:15:01 2008 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:15:01 -0500 Subject: Policy Proposal 2008-6: Emergency Transfer Policy for IPv4 Addresses - Last Call Message-ID: <495138B5.4020301@arin.net> Policy Proposal 2008-6 Emergency Transfer Policy for IPv4 Addresses On 18 December 2008 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC), acting under the provisions of the ARIN policy development process, determined that the community supports this proposal and moved it to last call. Feedback is encouraged during this last call period. All comments should be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. This is an extended last call; it will expire at 23:59 EST, 21 January 2009. The policy proposal text is provided below and is also available at: http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2008_6.html The ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/index.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## Policy Proposal 2008-6 Emergency Transfer Policy for IPv4 Addresses Author: Bill Darte Date: 21 November 2008 Policy statement: 8.4 Emergency Transfer Policy for IPv4 Addresses For a period of 3 years from policy implementation, ARIN-region number resources may be released, in whole or in part, to ARIN or another organization, by the authorized holder of the resource. Number resources may only be received under RSA, with demonstrated need, in the exact amount which they are able to justify under ARIN resource-allocation policies. Rationale: In order for ARIN to fulfill its mission and to facilitate a continuing supply of IPv4 address resources to its service community when ARIN resources are no longer adequate, and to preserve the integrity of documentation and ARIN services for those resources, this policy may be implemented. Its intent is to preserve the current tradition of need-based allocation/assignments for those still needing IPv4 resources during a transition period as the industry adopts IPv6. This policy is not intended to create a 'market' for such transfers and does not introduce or condone the monetization of address resources or a view of addresses as property. It does recognize that organizations making available unused or no longer needed address resources may incur certain costs that might be compensated by those acquiring the resources. This policy is intended to be transient and light-weight and does not encourage a sustained or continuing role for IPv4, but rather helps to mitigate a transitional crisis that may emerge while the industry adopts IPv6 in accordance with the recommendation of ARIN's Board of Trustees. Timetable for implementation: This policy, once ratified by the ARIN Board of Trustees, would be implemented when either the free-pool of IANA addresses is exhausted or IPv4 address resources in the ARIN Region reach a threshold of scarcity recognized by the ARIN Board of Trustees as requiring this policy implementation. From info at arin.net Tue Dec 23 14:17:58 2008 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:17:58 -0500 Subject: Policy Proposal 2008-5: Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 Deployment - Adopted -- two others postponed Message-ID: <49513966.8030204@arin.net> On 18 December 2008 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC), acting under the provisions of the ARIN policy development process, recommended that the ARIN Board of Trustees adopt Policy Proposal 2008-5: Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 Deployment. The next step for this proposal is the review by the ARIN Board of Trustees. Policy Proposal 2008-5 is available at: http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2008_5.html The AC postponed making a decision about the following two proposals until their meeting in January: * IPv4 Recovery Fund * Depleted IPv4 reserves These proposals are available at: http://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/submission_archive.html The ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)