[arin-ppml] ARIN-2011-3: Better IPv6 Allocations for ISPs - Last Call

Leif Sawyer lsawyer at gci.com
Thu Apr 21 18:09:21 EDT 2011


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Steve Howard
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:31 PM
> To: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] ARIN-2011-3: Better IPv6 Allocations 
> for ISPs - Last Call
> 
> +1
> 
> On 04/19/2011 04:03 PM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> > I have ISP customers who are right on the edge of a /32 being not 
> > enough for any kind of expansion. (~60,000 users, ~20 POPs, 
> and plans 
> > to expand. They have tried to get larger than a /32 block, but have 
> > been denied. Some are putting off IPv6 deployment entirely, 
> as they do 
> > not want to be in the same situation with IPv6 that they 
> are in IPv4 
> > (having multiple separate blocks)
> >
> > Some change in policy needs to be done ASAP to encourage 
> adoption. I 
> > would be happy with whatever is doable that would align on nibble 
> > boundaries, and allow for ISPs in this size category to get a /28 
> > (which would almost certainly allow them to never need another 
> > allocation)
> 
> I agree with Randy.
> 
> 2011-3 needs to move forward quickly.  The delay with 2011-3 
> is inhibiting our IPv6 implementation (and I presume elsewhere).
> 
> If it is decided to delay 2011-3 or slice it into smaller 
> draft policies, we should at least allow /20, /24, and /28's 
> to be issued while the proposal finalization process 
> continues (assuming the site/end-site requirements as 
> outlined in 2011-3 are met).  I suggest /20, /24, and /28 
> because they are on nibble boundaries and don't seem to be 
> affected by item #7 in the changes below.
> 
> Thanks,
>    Steve
> 
> 
> ---
> Steve Howard
> Paul Bunyan Communications
> http://paulbunyan.net
> 
> 
> > -Randy
> >
> > --
> > | Randy Carpenter
> > | Vice President - IT Services
> > | Red Hat Certified Engineer
> > | First Network Group, Inc.
> > | (800)578-6381, Opt. 1
> > ----
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> I do not believe that this is ready for last call. Given the 
> >> complexity of this policy, the significant amount of areas of NRPM 
> >> that it is changing, and the fact that the text discussed 
> in PR was 
> >> not really the text that is being proposed in this last 
> call version 
> >> (there were significant changes), not to mention the lack of 
> >> consensus that we should eliminate H-D ratio, I think that 
> this needs 
> >> to come before membership and be discussed in its current (final?) 
> >> form at the next meeting.
> >>
> >> Wes George
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net]
> >> On Behalf Of ARIN
> >> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 3:06 PM
> >> To: arin-ppml at arin.net
> >> Subject: [arin-ppml] ARIN-2011-3: Better IPv6 Allocations 
> for ISPs - 
> >> Last Call
> >>
> >> The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 13 April 2011 and decided to 
> >> send a revised version of the following draft policy to last
> >> call:
> >>
> >>    ARIN-2011-3: Better IPv6 Allocations for ISPs
> >>
> >> Changes include:
> >> 1. Does not delete section 2.9 (request from staff, no impact on 
> >> policy
> >> meaning)
> >> 2. Limits LIR recursion to a single level and limit 
> subordinate LIRs 
> >> to /32. (community concern) 3. Restores PAU to the calculation in 
> >> 6.5.2.1(c) (from errata slide presented in meeting) 4. Preserves
> >> 2010-12 language in new 6.5.3.1 (from errata slide presented in
> >> meeting) 5. Preserves verbiage allowing ISPs to allocate 
> to their own 
> >> internal infrastructure in 6.5.4.1 (from errata slide presented in 
> >> meeting) 6. Adds a statement to delete current NRPM 6.9 
> (from errata 
> >> slide presented in meeting) 7. Adds language to limit initial 
> >> allocations to no more than a /16
> >> (6.5.2.1(b)) and to limit subsequent allocations to no 
> larger than a
> >> /12 (an organization may apply for additional /12s, but, no single 
> >> allocation larger than a /12 can be made at one time)
> >> (6.5.2.1(e)) (community concern)
> >>
> >> Feedback is encouraged during the last call period. All comments 
> >> should be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last call for
> >> 2011-3 will expire on 2 May 2011. After last call the AC 
> will conduct 
> >> their last call review.
> >>
> >> The draft policy text is below and available at:
> >> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/
> >>
> >> The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
> >> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Communications and Member Services
> >> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> >>
> >>
> >> ## * ##
> >>
> >>
> >> Draft Policy ARIN-2011-3
> >> Better IPv6 Allocations for ISPs
> >>
> >> Version/Date: 18 April 2011
> >>
> >> Policy Statement:
> >>
> >> Amend section 2 as follows:
> >>
> >> Replace section 2.10 with the following:
> >>
> >> 2.10 The term End Site shall mean a single structure or service 
> >> delivery address, or, in the case of a multi-tenant structure, a 
> >> single tenant within said structure (a single customer location).
> >>
> >> Add the following:
> >>
> >> 2.12 When applied to IPv6 policies, the term serving site 
> shall mean 
> >> a location where an ISP terminates or aggregates customer 
> >> connections, including, but, not limited to Points of Presence 
> >> (POPs), Datacenters, Central or Local switching office or 
> regional or 
> >> local combinations thereof.
> >>
> >> 2.13 When applied to IPv6 policies, the term "provider assignment 
> >> unit" shall mean the prefix of the smallest block a given 
> ISP assigns 
> >> to end sites (recommended /48).
> >>
> >> 2.14 The term utilized shall have the following definitions when 
> >> applied to IPv6
> >> policies:
> >>
> >> (i) A provider assignment unit shall be considered fully utilized 
> >> when it is assigned to an end-site.
> >>
> >> (ii) Larger blocks shall have their utilization defined by 
> dividing 
> >> the number of provider assignment units assigned from the 
> containing 
> >> block by the total number of provider assignment units.
> >> This ratio will often be expressed as a percentage (e.g. 
> a/t*100, for 
> >> a /36 3072/4096 * 100 = 75% utilization)
> >>
> >> Replace sections 6.5.1 through 6.5.3 with the following:
> >> 6.5.1 Terminology
> >>
> >> (a) The terms ISP and LIR are used interchangeably in this 
> document 
> >> and any use of either term shall be construed to include both 
> >> meanings.
> >>
> >> (b) The term nibble boundary shall mean a network mask 
> which aligns 
> >> on a 4-bit boundary (in slash notation, /n, where n is evenly 
> >> divisible by 4, allowing unit quantities of X such that 
> 2^n=X where n 
> >> is evenly divisible by 4, such as 16, 256, 4096, etc.)
> >>
> >> 6.5.2 Initial Allocations to LIRs
> >> 6.5.2.1 Size
> >>
> >> (a) All allocations shall be made on nibble boundaries.
> >>
> >> (b) In no case shall an LIR receive smaller than a /32 unless they 
> >> specifically request a /36. In no case shall an ISP 
> receive more than 
> >> a /16 initial allocation.
> >>
> >> (c) The maximum allowable allocation shall be the smallest 
> >> nibble-boundary aligned block that can provide an equally sized 
> >> nibble-boundary aligned block to each of the requesters 
> serving sites 
> >> large enough to satisfy the needs of the requesters largest single 
> >> serving site using no more than 75% of the available addresses.
> >>
> >> This calculation can be summarized as /N where N = P-(X+Y) 
> and P is 
> >> the organization's Provider Allocation Unit X is a multiple of 4 
> >> greater than 4/3*serving sites and Y is a multiple of 4 
> greater than 
> >> 4/3*end sites served by largest serving site.
> >>
> >> (d) For purposes of the calculation in (c), an end site which can 
> >> justify more than a /48 under the end-user assignment criteria in
> >> 6.5.8 shall count as the appropriate number of /48s that would be 
> >> assigned under that policy.
> >>
> >> (e) For purposes of the calculation in (c), an LIR which has 
> >> subordinate LIRs shall make such allocations according to the same 
> >> policies and criteria as ARIN. In such a case, the 
> prefixes necessary 
> >> for such an allocation should be treated as fully utilized in 
> >> determining the block sizing for the parent LIR.
> >> LIRs which do not receive resources directly from ARIN will not be 
> >> able to make such allocations to subordinate LIRs and subordinate 
> >> LIRs which need more than a /32 shall apply directly to ARIN.
> >>
> >> (f) An LIR is not required to design or deploy their network 
> >> according to this structure. It is strictly a mechanism to 
> determine 
> >> the largest IP address block to which the LIR is entitled.
> >>
> >> 6.5.2.2 Qualifications
> >> An organization qualifies for an allocation under this 
> policy if they 
> >> meet any of the following criteria:
> >>
> >> (a) Have a previously justified IPv4 ISP allocation from 
> ARIN or one 
> >> of its predecessor registries or can qualify for an IPv4 ISP 
> >> allocation under current criteria.
> >>
> >> (b) Are currently multihomed for IPv6 or will immediately become 
> >> multihomed for IPv6 using a valid assigned global AS number.
> >>
> >> In either case, they will be making reassignments from 
> allocation(s) 
> >> under this policy to other organizations.
> >>
> >> (c) Provide ARIN a reasonable technical justification 
> indicating why 
> >> an allocation is necessary. Justification must include the 
> intended 
> >> purposes for the allocation and describe the network 
> infrastructure 
> >> the allocation will be used to support. Justification must also 
> >> include a plan detailing anticipated assignments to other 
> >> organizations or customers for one, two and five year 
> periods, with a 
> >> minimum of 50 assignments within 5 years.
> >>
> >> 6.5.3 Subsequent Allocations to LIRs
> >>
> >> (a) Where possible ARIN will make subsequent allocations 
> by expanding 
> >> the existing allocation.
> >>
> >> (b) An LIR which can show utilization of 75% or more of 
> their total 
> >> address space, or more than 90% of any serving site shall 
> be entitled 
> >> to a subsequent allocation.
> >>
> >> (c) If ARIN can not expand one or more existing allocations, ARIN 
> >> shall make a new allocation based on the initial 
> allocation criteria 
> >> above. The LIR is encouraged, but not required to renumber 
> into the 
> >> new allocation over time and return any allocations no 
> longer in use.
> >>
> >> (d) If an LIR has already reached a /12 or more, ARIN will 
> allocate a 
> >> single additional /12 rather than continue expanding nibble 
> >> boundaries.
> >>
> >> Renumber/move the second paragraph of existing section 6.5.2.1 to 
> >> 6.5.3.1.
> >>
> >> For reference, this would become:
> >> 6.5.3.1 Subsequent Allocations for Transition Subsequent 
> allocations 
> >> will also be considered for deployments that cannot be 
> accommodated 
> >> by, nor were accounted for, under the initial allocation. 
> >> Justification for the subsequent subnet size will be based on the 
> >> plan and technology provided with a /24 being the maximum 
> allowed for 
> >> a transition technology.
> >> Justification for transitional allocations will be 
> reviewed every 3 
> >> years and reclaimed if they are no longer in use for transitional 
> >> purposes. All such allocations for transitional technology will be 
> >> made from a block designated for this purpose.
> >>
> >> (This paragraph comes from 2010-12 which was adopted after 
> this draft 
> >> policy was written).
> >>
> >> Replace section 6.5.4 with the following
> >>
> >> 6.5.4 Assignments to end users shall be governed by the same 
> >> practices adopted by the community in section 6.5.8 except 
> that the 
> >> requirements in 6.5.8.1 do not apply.
> >>
> >> 6.5.4.1 An LIR may assign up to a /48 per PoP as well as up to an 
> >> additional /48 globally for its own infrastructure.
> >>
> >> Add the following to 6.5.7
> >>
> >> LIRs which received an allocation under previous policies which is 
> >> smaller than what they are entitled to under this policy 
> may receive 
> >> a new initial allocation under this policy provided that 
> they agree 
> >> to renumber into that new allocation and return their prior 
> >> allocation(s) within 5 years. If possible, ARIN will simply expand 
> >> their existing allocation rather than requiring renumber 
> and return.
> >>
> >> Delete section 6.9
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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