[arin-ppml] REQUEST FOR ARIN STAFF Was: Re: Policy Proposal 120: Protecting Number Resources

[Chris Grundemann]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 17:25, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 9, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
>> On 09 Nov 2010 14:03, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>> On Nov 9, 2010, at 11:50 AM, John Curran wrote:
>>>> 2004:  29.00 /16s
>>>> 2005:  14.61 /16s
>>>> 2006:  14.01 /16s
>>>> 2007:  30.50 /16s
>>>> 2008:   8.45 /16s
>>>> 2009:   8.37 /16s
>>>> 2010*:  5.84 /16s   (*through Oct 31, 2010)
>>>>
>>>> Total: 110.78 /16s
>>> So in almost 7 years, we've reclaimed less than we gave Comcast last week.
>>>
>>> Looks like a pretty small problem with minimal gain to me.
>>
>> Keep in mind that's how much ARIN has reclaimed passively, i.e. based on
>> reports of fraud, or due to non-payment of annual fees.
>>
> I believe John said that was the amount reclaimed due to non-payment
> of fees. I believe that's a fair representation of the abandonment rate.

I agree.

>> There seems to be a fairly strong consensus that the numbers would be
>> significantly larger if ARIN were actively looking for abandoned or
>> unjustified resources.
>>
> I'm not sure where this consensus comes from. I don't think addresses
> are getting abandoned any faster now.

Yes but you have to take into account both rate and time elapsed to
come up with a number. What I mean is that legacy resources, which
have no payment required, are probably abandoned at the same rate that
non-legacy/payment-required space is abandoned. BUT, there has been
little active reclamation of that space, so it has probably just built
up.

Again, I am sure there is not enough space to help runout but I am
also sure that there is enough abandoned space to cause havoc from a
spam/malware/misuse perspective.

~Chris

> Fraud and underutilization
> are a different matter, but, in terms of abandonment, I think the
> numbers show that there's not as much as some seem to be claiming.
>
>> Also, keep in mind that the goal is _not_ to reclaim a significant
>> amount of space, e.g. to extend the lifetime of IPv4, so how the
>> reclamation rate compares to the allocation/assignment rate is irrelevant.
>>
> Depends on who you talk to.
>
> Owen
>
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