[arin-ppml] 2010-8: Rework of IPv6 assignment criteria

[Skeeve Stevens]

> > 6.5.8. Direct assignments from ARIN to end-user organizations
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> > 6.5.8.1 Initial Assignment Criteria
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> Organizations may justify an initial assignment for addressing devices directly attached to their own network infrastructure, with an intent for the addresses to begin operational use within 12 months, by meeting one of the following criteria:
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> > a. Having a previously justified IPv4 end-user assignment from ARIN or one of its predecessor registries, or;
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> > b. Currently being IPv6 Multihomed or immediately becoming IPv6 Multihomed and using an assigned valid global AS number, or;
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> > c. By having a network consisting of a total of 1000 or more hosts, or;
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> > d. By providing a reasonable technical justification indicating why IPv6 addresses from an ISP or other LIR are unsuitable.
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> > Examples of justifications for why addresses from an ISP or other LIR may be unsuitable include, but are not limited to:
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> > * An organization that operates infrastructure critical to life safety or the functioning of society can justify the need for an assignment based on the fact that renumbering would have a broader than expected impact than simply the number of hosts directly involved. These would include: hospitals, fire fighting, police, emergency response, power or energy distribution, water or waste treatment, traffic management and control, etc...
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> > * Regardless of the number of hosts directly involved, an organization can justify the need for an assignment if renumbering would affect 1000 or more individuals either internal or external to the organization.
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> > * An organization with a network not connected to the Internet can justify the need for an assignment by documenting a need for guaranteed uniqueness, beyond the statistical uniqueness provided by ULA (see RFC 4193).
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> > * An organization with a network not connected to the Internet, such as a VPN overlay network, can justify the need for an assignment if they require authoritative delegation of reverse DNS.

This is a good start for the re-work of the policy... but it sounds as if the acceptable justifications are wide and flexible enough to warrant the reasonable justification of 'I want to be portable and globally unique' - which in my opinion is all that you should need to desire to have your own allocation.  

There should be no requirement for Multi-homing (which by above seems their isn't) or being critical infrastructure (who defines that?), or even the size of the networks.

I see a future where it will be very common for entities/individuals to have portable ranges that they do not wish to be tied to a particular ISP - IPv6 for life?

I think that some of the justifications are so specific when a general 'I want to be unique and portable' seems to be good enough for the most part.

...Skeeve

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