[arin-ppml] Does this apply to Transfers too?

[Eliot Lear]

On 4/21/09 9:10 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote:
> I would actually think that this new procedure is much easier on small
> orgs than on large ones, because there are far fewer layers of
> bureaucracy between the requestor and an officer...
>    

Indeed, but I do not see this policy really having much impact on large 
enterprises.  Large enterprises have many options.

It is VERY EASY for a large enterprise to come up with a justification 
that would sufficiently pass muster for just about any amount of address 
space.  All it requires is that they demonstrate (a) they are growing, 
and (b) there exists some new personal technology (like, say, an iPhone 
or the like) that will make use of the block.  That could justify a 50% 
increase in allocations right there, because they will be relying on 
statistics that say that over 50% of phones will be so-called 
smartphones by the end of next year.

Of course there will be some organizations that will no doubt find such 
paperwork bothersome and expensive, and may choose a different route.  
That route includes IPv6, but quite frankly more likely would be more 
use of NAT, and where possible acquisition of address space on the grey 
market.  I say "grey" because ARIN probably cannot enforce anything upon 
the organizations that had space before they existed.  In fact it hasn't 
been shown that ARIN can enforce anything on organizations that have 
acquired addresses since.

The organizations that this will truly impact are service providers, 
because they acquire addresses all the time, and I won't presume to 
speak to the difficulty of introducing a new paperwork path, or 
requiring officers to make attestations.  You can bet, however, that 
where the root of that term appears, so do many lawyers.

I do wonder what would happen if someone in a government organization 
made an address request.  "Mr. Governor, would you mind signing this?"

Eliot