[arin-ppml] ARIN-2011-11 and ARIN-2011-12 - Last Call

[Michael Sinatra]

On 01/12/12 20:45, William Herrin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Chris Grundemann
> <cgrundemann at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> +1, 2011-11 has nothing at all to do with the 3-month limit on the
>> free pool. It removes slow start for transfers.
>
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2011_11.html
>
> "Rationale:
>
> An organization which is not able to obtain its initial IPv4 address
> assignment from ARIN post-runout would otherwise be limited to
> purchasing only a 3-month supply (because the language in 4.2.4.4
> regarding 8.3 transfers is not triggered)."

As Chris pointed out, that's slow-start.  The 3-month slow-start 
requirement has always been around.  You specifically called out the 
3-month need period that was based on "folks dipping into a nearly empty 
'free' pool," which I could only reasonably interpret as being the 
portion of 4.2.4.4 that kicks in after the IANA free pool exhaustion, 
which does NOT apply to 8.3 transfers.

But that's not really relevant.  2011-11 aside (and I don't really 
support it, but I am more concerned about 2011-12), 2011-12 increases 
the current distortions in the IPv4 market and creates undesirable 
incentives.  I oppose it, and would only support a similar policy if it 
were tied to free pool liberalization.

michael