[arin-ppml] Updated text for ARIN 2014-16: Section 4.10 Austerity Policy Update

[Bill Owens]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 05:11:24AM +0000, Alexander, Daniel wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> There has been an update to the text of ARIN2014-16: Section 4.10
> Austerity Policy Update. Based upon previous feedback and suggestions
> there has been substantial changes to the original text. This new text is
> included below and will be discussed at the upcoming meeting in Baltimore.
. . . 
> Updated Text
> ==============================
> 
> Policy statement:
> Replace Section 4.10 with the following policy.
> 
> 4.10 Dedicated IPv4 block to facilitate IPv6 Deployment
> 
> When ARIN receives its last /8 IPv4 allocation from IANA, a contiguous /10
> IPv4 block will be set aside and dedicated to facilitate IPv6 deployment
> and continued transition from IPv4 to IPv6.

Since this event is now in the past, it might make more sense for the update to say "When ARIN received its last... block was set aside and dedicated... "

> Address space received from IANA under the “Global Policy for Post
> Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA (NRPM 10.5)” by ARIN
> shall be allocated or assigned under this section.
> 
> Allocations and assignments from this block must be justified by immediate
> IPv6 deployment requirements. ARIN shall use sparse allocation within
> these blocks.
> 
> 4.10.1 Austerity Policy
> 
> Organizations must obtain an IPv6 block to receive a block under section
> 4.10.1 and show documentation on how the IPv6 and IPv4 block will be used
> to facilitate an organization¹s operational needs. These allocations or
> assignments will be subject to a minimum size of /28 and a maximum size of
> /22.
> 
> In order to receive an allocation or assignment under this policy:
> 
> 1. the organization, its parent(s), or subsidiary organizations, may not
> have received IPv4 address resources greater than or equal to a /22 from
> ARIN or any other RIR;
> 
> 2. the organization must show immediate use (within 90 days) of 25% of the
> allocation;

It feels like the numbered sections should end here, because the next two are not requirements for receiving a block under this policy, rather statements of what will happen next. But that's minor.

> 3. the organization is eligible to receive only one contiguous IPv4 block
> under this section;

By extension, does that mean the organization, its parent(s) or subsidiaries?

> 4. the organization may apply to ARIN for an increase in their allocation
> up to a /22, if the previous allocation under this section shows a
> utilization of at least 80%, increases will only be granted if adjacent
> bit-boundary aligned space is available at the time of request.

Does 'utilization' in this sense mean 'active v4 addresses', or 'active v4 addresses being used in accordance with the documentation provided to justify the original allocation'? Bullet 2 in the existing 4.10/new 4.10.2 seems to cover this but only for that section.

> 4.10.2 Transition technologies
> 
> Allocations and assignments from this block must be justified by immediate
> IPv6 deployment requirements. Examples of such needs include: IPv4
> addresses for key dual stack DNS servers, and NAT-PT or NAT464
> translators. ARIN staff will use their discretion when evaluating
> justifications.
> 
> These allocations or assignments will be subject to a minimum size of /28
> and a maximum size of /24.  ARIN shall reserve a minimum of a /11 for
> allocations under this subsection.

Will this /11 come out of existing free space, or be half of the existing /10, or wait for the next batch of IANA blocks?

> In order to receive an allocation or assignment under this policy:
> 
> 1. the applicant may not have received resources under this policy in the
> preceding six months;
> 
> 2. previous allocations/assignments under this policy must continue to
> meet the justification requirements of this policy;
> 
> 3. previous allocations/assignments under this policy must meet the
> utilization requirements of end user assignments;
> 
> 4. the applicant must demonstrate that no other allocations or assignments
> will meet this need;
> 
> 5. on subsequent allocation under this policy, ARIN staff may require
> applicants to renumber out of previously allocated / assigned space under
> this policy in order to minimize non-contiguous allocations.
> 
> _______________________________________________


Bill.