[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-162 Redefining request window in 4.2.4.4

Owen DeLong owen at delong.com
Fri Jan 27 10:34:59 EST 2012


I would rather see this simply state when the ARIN free pool has
less than one /8 of space remaining, notwithstanding reservations
under NRPM 4.4 and 4.10 rather than the convoluted retroactive
phrasing in the current proposal text.

Otherwise, I would support the proposal.

Owen

On Jan 27, 2012, at 6:59 AM, ARIN wrote:

> ARIN-prop-162 Redefining request window in 4.2.4.4
> 
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> 
> ARIN-prop-162 Redefining request window in 4.2.4.4
> 
> Proposal Originator: Martin Hannigan
> 
> Proposal Version: 1.0
> 
> Date: 27 JAN 2012
> 
> Proposal type: MODIFY
> 
> Policy term: PERMANENT
> 
> Policy statement:
> 
> NRPM Section 4.2.4.4. Subscriber Members After One Year
> 
> Change the following text from:
> 
> When ARIN receives its last /8, by IANA implementing section 10.4.2.2,
> the length of supply that an organization may request will be reduced.
> An organization may choose to request up to a 3-month supply of IP
> addresses.
> 
> To:
> 
> When the ARIN free pool is down to one allocation away from the last /8,
> the length of supply that an organization may request will be reduced.
> An organization may choose to request up to three month supply of IP
> addresses.
> 
> Rationale:
> 
> There has been discussion in the community that the excess inventory
> in the ARIN region is damaging the transition to v6 by elongating the
> amount of time between internal exhaustion and exhaustion by other
> RIR's and allowing all to proceed in a manner which can be described
> as "business as usual". ARIN's stewardship responsibilities are of
> primary concern in this region. Asking businesses to request addresses
> on a three month basis with such large inventory available at ARIN
> unnecessarily increases the cost and complexity of operating the
> network; repeated and slow interactions with ARIN, duplicate paperwork
> requirements and an inefficient use of resources by all compound the
> pain.
> 
> Considering that ARIN has roughly 6 /8's available, restating the need
> window to one year and basing an austerity measure on a local
> condition now that we have experience seems prudent and in the
> interest of all.
> 
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