corrected: Policy 2001-2, Multihoming is sufficient justification for /24 from provider (fwd)

[Barbara Roseman]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Einar Bohlin wrote:

> The following requirement makes the policy unworkable
> and should be replaced:
>
> "-Customer must cite their asn as justification for address space"
>
> There's a catch-22 here in that ARIN won't give
> the customer an ASN until the customer has a net,
> and the ISP won't be able to give the customer the /24
> until the customer can show their ASN.  This
> won't work.

ARIN will provide an ASN to anyone who can document their intent to
multihome, usually by showing contracts with providers, invoices for
equipment, and network plans.

>
> It should be "-Customer cites intent to multihome as
> justification for address space".  This lets ARIN
> continue to do their job of registering AS numbers,
> and allows ISPs to conduct business with their customers.
>

ISPs would end up having to do the same justification work as ARIN does to
prove intent to multihome, which seems an unreasonable burden on the ISPs.
If the customer already has the ASN in hand, the ISP can rely on ARIN
having already vetted the multihoming plan.


> FYI I tried to see the original wording, but the
> link on the ARIN main site is broken (LAST CALL:
> Policy 2001-2... points to ASO election results).

>From the PPML archive:

http://www.arin.net/mailinglists/ppml/0321.html

>
> Regards,
>
> Einar Bohlin
> IP Planning Analyst
> WorldCom, Inc.
> Phone: USA 703 886-7362
> email: einar.bohlin at wcom.com
>