[arin-ppml] ARIN-2011-4: Reserved Pool for Critical Infrastructure- Last Call

[David Farmer]

On 4/19/11 16:35 CDT, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> In a message written on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 07:45:02PM +0000, George, Wes E IV [NTK] wrote:
>> I'm less opposed to a carve-out for IXPs and/or root servers, but even that I think needs some justification.
>
> I'll speak to that directly as my employer operates a root server,
> although I think the general argument applies to TLD's as well.
>
> It's our job (along with other root operators) to serve the entire
> user community for as long as IPv4 sticks around.  New root servers
> are turned up on a regular basis.  We try to place them closer to
> large end user populations for lower latency, but new nodes are
> also needed for capacity reasons.
>
> The "crest" of IPv4 will be /after/ ARIN runs out of IPv4 addresses.
> The last addresses have to be used, and service providers will for
> a short time try to be more efficient with their existing blocks.
> During this continued rise critical infrastructure must continue
> to grow with the user base.
>
> I understand people's concerns that we may get hundreds/thousands/billions
> of more TLD's, depending on what ICANN does.  I think it's unlikely
> that the root operators rate of gowth or IX rate of growth will
> change significantly.  Personally I don't want to exclude the TLD
> folks, but I also can't come up with any good languge to address
> the potential for explosive TLD growth.  I would go with it as is,
> since I think explosive TLD growth is unlikely in the relevant time
> period.

I agree explosive growth of TLDs is unlikely, and not intended to be 
supported by this policy.

There is an intentional limit to the growth supported by this policy, we 
are only reserving a /16 for critical infrastructure, and for at most 
three years.  Once this reservation run out, it is out, and then 
recycling of IPv4 will be necessary to fulfill even critical 
infrastructure needs.

This policy only intends to support IPv4 critical Internet 
infrastructure during a transitional period to a dominate IPv6 Internet, 
not an unlimited amount of growth or for an indefinite period.

Finally, I support this policy as written.

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