[arin-discuss] Policy clarification

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

On 6/25/2010 1:42 PM, Mike Berger wrote:
> 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.
>

What if the VPN's were IPv6 VPNs with a V6-V4 proxy on the "free" end?

Ted

> 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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