[arin-ppml] Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post Exhaustion (Version 2)

[Hannigan, Martin]

> From: William Herrin <bill at herrin.us>
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:56:41 -0400
> To: Martin Hannigan <marty at akamai.com>
> Cc: <ppml at arin.net>
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post
> Exhaustion (Version 2)
> 
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Hannigan, Martin <marty at akamai.com> wrote:
>>  2. Returning Address Space to the IANA
>> 
>> The IANA will accept all eligible address space that is offered for return.
>> Eligible address space includes legacy address space and address space
>> returned by the RIR to which it is assigned.
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> You're stepping on a land mine here. Suggest something more along the lines
> of:
> 
> Eligible address space includes any IPv4 addresses between 0.0.0.0 and
> 223.255.255.255 except those addresses excluded by RFC where the RIR
> (or registrant of record where no RIR holds authority) explicitly
> returns the space to IANA.
> 


How about something like this?

"The IANA will accept all eligible address space that is offered for return.
Eligible address space includes legacy address space and address space
returned by the RIR to which it is assigned and not previously designated
for special use by an RFC published by the IETF."


That would allow deprecation of relevant RFC's to occur without having to
circle back around and change the policy again.


Best,

-M<