[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-137 Global Policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms by the IANA

Wed Mar 23 15:47:11 EDT 2011

While it seemed a good idea for the last 5 /8's to be handed out equally to the 5 RIR's, for perpetual policy I'm not sure if I like equal distribution over needs-based distribution.

I support policy to address assets returned to IANA set aside for re-allocation, just not the method of equal distribution.

But if the only way to get this passed by all the RIRs is with the equal distribution clause, I would drop my objection.  I think its more important to allow IANA policy regarding
returned assets than nitpick about the re-allocation method (as long as the assets are re-allocated).

-head fuzzy from the flu, I hope I made some semblance of sense.
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On 3/8/11 11:46 AM, ARIN wrote:
> ARIN-prop-137 Global Policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation
> mechanisms by the IANA
> 
> ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the
> Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with the Policy
> Development Process.
> 
> The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) will review the proposal at their next
> regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly
> scheduled meeting is less than 10 days, then the period may be extended
> to the subsequent regularly scheduled meeting). The AC will decide how
> to utilize the proposal and announce the decision to the PPML.
> 
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> 
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> 
> ## * ##
> 
> 
> ARIN-prop-137 Global Policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation
> mechanisms by the IANA
> 
> Proposal Originator: Philip Smith
>    co-authors: Alejandro Acosta, Nicolas Antoniello, S. Moonesamy,
>        Douglas Onyango, Medel Ramirez, Masato Yamanishi
> 
> Proposal Version: 1
> 
> Date: 8 March 2011
> 
> Proposal type: new
> 
> Policy term: permanent
> 
> Policy statement:
> 
>   The IANA shall establish a Recovered IPv4 Pool to be utilized post
>   RIR IPv4 exhaustion.  The Recovered IPv4 Pool will initially contain
>   any fragments that may be left over in the IANA.  It will also hold
>   any space returned to the IANA by any other means.
> 
>   The Recovered IPv4 Pool will be administered by the IANA.  It will
>   contain:
> 
>     a.  Any fragments left over in the IANA inventory after the last
>         /8s of IPv4 space are delegated to the RIRs
> 
>        - The IANA inventory excludes "Special use IPv4 addresses" as
>      defined in BCP 153 and any addresses allocated by the IANA
>      for experimental use.
> 
>     b.  Any IPv4 space returned to the IANA by any means.
> 
>   The Recovered IPv4 Pool will stay inactive until the first RIR has
>   less than a total of a /9 in its inventory of IPv4 address space.
> 
>   When one of the RIRs declares it has less than a total of a /9 in
>   its inventory, the Recovered IPv4 pool will be declared active, and
>   IP addresses from the Recovered IPv4 Pool will be allocated as
>   follows:
> 
>     a.  Allocations from the IANA may begin once the pool is declared
>         active.
> 
>     b.  In each "IPv4 allocation period", each RIR will receive a
>         single "IPv4 allocation unit" from the IANA.
> 
>     c.  An "IPv4 allocation period" is defined as a 6-month period
>         following 1 March or 1 September in each year.
> 
>     d.  The IANA will calculate the size of the "IPv4 allocation unit"
>         at the following times:
> 
>         - When the Recovered IPv4 Pool is first activated
>         - At the beginning of each IPv4 allocation period
> 
>         To calculate the "IPv4 allocation unit" at these times, the
>         IANA will use the following formula:
> 
>             IPv4 allocation unit = 1/5 of Recovered IPv4 pool,
>                                    rounded down to the next CIDR
>                                    (power-of-2) boundary.
> 
>     No RIR may get more than this calculation used to determine
>     the IPv4 allocation unit even when they can justify a need for
>     it.
> 
>     The minimum "IPv4 allocation unit" size will be a /24.  If the
>     calculation used to determine the IPv4 allocation unit results
>     in a block smaller than a /24, the IANA will not distribute
>     any addresses in that IPv4 allocation period.
> 
>     The IANA may make public announcements of IPv4 address
>     transactions that occur under this policy.  The IANA will make
>     appropriate modifications to the "Internet Protocol V4 Address
>     Space" page of the IANA website and may make announcements to its
>     own appropriate announcement lists.  The IANA announcements will
>     be limited to which address ranges, the time of allocation, and to
>     which Registry they have been allocated.
> 
> Rationale:
> 
>    The policy provides a mechanism for the ongoing distribution of
>    IPv4 address space, while removing the areas that have been
>    problematic in previous attemts at this proposal. The proposal:
> 
>     - Permits regional variation in runout policy amongst RIRs to
>       be accounted for in the distribution of the Recovered IPv4 Pool
> 
>     - Prevents the possibility of a single RIR being eligible to
>       be allocated the entire Recovered IPv4 Pool in the first
>       (and perhaps only) allocation period
> 
>     - Removes two areas of policy that have failed to reach
>       agreement in previous attempts at this proposal:
> 
>        - How addresses should be placed in the Recovered IPv4 Pool
>        - References to how transfers should or should not take
>          place
> 
> Timetable for implementation:
> 
>    Once consensus has been reached in each of the 5 RIR regions, the
>    policy will be forwarded to ICANN for approval and then implemented
>    by the IANA.
> 
> 
> 
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