[arin-discuss] Policy clarification

[Mike Berger]

Political issues aside, how do you justify the request without already 
having something in place, in which case you probably already have an 
allocation from your upstream provider?  And somebody still has to pay 
the fees.  ARIN doesn't have any special allowance for getting space 
specifically to circumvent firewalls or security, so you still need the 
standard justifications, and the reason behind it is just a red herring.

You also get into a pretty ambiguous area.  What you call a "noble 
attempt" is someone elses subversion.

On 6/25/10 3:16 PM, IPTelligent SysOp wrote:
> Friends,
>
> This may have raised here in the past, but since I couldn't find
> anything in a search, I'm bringing it to you here.
>
> What are the accepted justifications (by ARIN) for justified use of a
> block assignment?
> It raised today on the following WHT thread:
> http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=959073
>
> a) Generally, is (end-user) VPN usage sufficient justification under
> ARIN's eyes (even if users are inside the region or on the same
> country)? If yes, which policies would it fall under?
> b) In this specific case, the user wants IP blocks for VPNs that will
> circumvent "the Great Firewall of China". I can understand that this is
> a noble attempt in order to make information freely available to inside
> the communist regime of China and void their attempts to block network
> neutrality and freedom of speech; it would be even a humanitary aid
> (IMHO) to offer such service to them. But, won't this create a
> political issue on government level, or a political issue between ARIN
> and APNIC? What would be the consequences if that was issued?
>
> What's ARIN's exact position on this?
>
> Regards,
> Rafael Cresci
>
>
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