[arin-ppml] ARIN-2012-3: ASN Transfers - Last Call

[Blecker, Christoph]

Simple version: I do not support this policy as written.

Longer version:
I have yet to see or fully understand a situation where a specified ASN transfer is either technically required or even preferable, outside of a network engineer just wanting a particular number. The way I currently understand it, the "vanity licence plate" metaphor that some have been using seems pretty accurate. This opens the door for assigning artificial value to a number that not many people outside network engineers know or should know about. I would support this change if there was a reasonable technical need behind it (and perhaps somebody can enlighten me).

At ARIN XXIX, there was also been some talk around bankruptcy courts and not having a transfer policy around ASNs for that. Perhaps a more elegant solution would be to create a new 8.x policy to specifically address transferring resources from entities in bankruptcy, similar to the way 8.2 addresses M&As. That way, ARIN has more guidance to what the community thinks, and judges involved have specific recommendations from us in how the community views these resources.

Overall, I think more discussion is needed.

Cheers,
Christoph


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Sent: April-30-12 10:19 AM
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Subject: [arin-ppml] ARIN-2012-3: ASN Transfers - Last Call

The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 25 April 2012 and decided to
send the following draft policy to last call:

   ARIN-2012-3: ASN Transfers

Feedback is encouraged during the last call period. All comments should
be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last call for 2012-3 will
expire on 14 May 2012. 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)


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Draft Policy ARIN-2012-3
ASN Transfers

Date: 14 March 2012

Policy statement:

In NRPM 8.3, replace "IPv4 number resources" with "IPv4 number resources 
and ASNs".

Rationale:

There are legitimate use cases for transferring ASNs, and no significant 
downsides (identified to date) of allowing it.

Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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