[ppml] Last Call for Comment: Policy Proposal 2003-14

[Member Services]

The ARIN Advisory Council voted to forward the following policy
proposal to the ARIN Board of Trustees for consideration.

This is a last call for comments on this policy proposal prior
to the ARIN Board of Trustees review. Comments received during
this period will be included with the proposal when it is presented
to the Board of Trustees for their consideration.

Please send your comments to ppml at arin.net. This last call will
expire at 23:59 EST on December 3, 2003.


Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)


*** Last Call: Policy Proposal 2003-14: Remove /13 Maximum Allocation ***

Proposal to remove the maximum allocation statement from the
current policy.

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Discussion of the proposal:

The statement is as follows.

"ARIN allocates IP address prefixes no longer than /20. If
allocations smaller than /20 are needed, ISPs should request
address space from their upstream provider. The largest
prefix ARIN allocates is a /13."

By removing the statement, the policy would simply read,

"ARIN allocates IP address prefixes no longer than /20. If
allocations smaller than /20 are needed, ISPs should request
address space from their upstream provider."

By making this change, ARIN is provided greater flexibility
to accommodate special situations that may come up with
larger ISP. Some ISP are required to maintain multiple
accounts to accommodate the growth of their networks. The
policy also imposes the burden of having to create
additional accounts when large transfers or acquisitions
occur.

The removal of this statement in no way changes the review
process or the requirements by which ARIN allocates address
space. If an application were submitted to ARIN for address
space greater than a /13 it would be up to ARIN to review
the request and approve or deny the application based on the
legitimacy of the data.

One final justification would be that no other Internet
Registries found a need to implement a similar policy. Given
the policies in place that provide ARIN with the tools to
responsibly manage the limited address space. The current
policy only limits ARIN's ability to better service the
needs of its member organizations.

Public Policy Mailing List Discussion Summary

There were no comments posted to PPML regarding this
proposal.

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