[arin-discuss] The joy of SWIPping

[Robert E. Seastrom]

Hi Jerry,

Your organization is an end user not an ISP.  It would get an
assignment, not an allocation, and is under no obligation to file
SWIPs, however, when you go back to ARIN for more space, you will have
to account for the space you already have (which ARIN last I checked
is happy to take in the form of a spreadsheet, an ASCII table, or
whatever else you might reasonably bring to the table).  It is
important to make this distinction since end users can plausibly be
treated as a monolithic entity by outsiders for abuse or other contact
purposes (even if this turns out to be suboptimal in practice),
whereas it is completely unrealistic to expect this to hold in the
case of an organization that is acting as a common carrier.

If you believe that current ARIN policy could be improved, why not
submit a policy proposal?  Anyone can participate in this process -
you need not be an ARIN member or DMR to submit your thoughts on how
to make ARIN work better.  http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html

                            ---Rob (on the ARIN AC, speaking for myself only)

"DOWELL, JERRY (CTR)" <jerry.dowell at associates.dhs.gov> writes:

> I fail to see why ARIN should be in the control of what an organization
> does with the IP address it is assigned other than requiring
> justification of the quantity being requested.  May issues are related
> to security and who has the need to know.
>
>
> Jerry L. Dowell
> DHS IP Administrator
> Supporting DHS OneNet and CBP Network Engineering
> Customs and Border Protection/Department of Homeland Security
> jerry.dowell at associates.dhs.gov
> Office: (703) 921-7595
> Cell: (571) 423-8956