[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2017-10: Repeal of Immediate Need for IPv4 Address Space (NRPM Section 4.2.1.6)

[Austin Murkland]

I support as written.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Brian Jones <bjones at vt.edu> wrote:

> I support this draft policy as written.
>
> Brian Jones
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 17:42 ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
>
>> On 16 November 2017, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced
>> "ARIN-prop-245: Repeal of Immediate Need for IPv4 Address Space (NRPM
>> Section 4.2.1.6)" to Draft Policy status.
>>
>> Draft Policy ARIN-2017-10 is below and can be found at:
>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_10.html
>>
>> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
>> evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft
>> policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as
>> stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these
>> principles are:
>>
>> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
>> * Technically Sound
>> * Supported by the Community
>>
>> The PDP can be found at:
>> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
>>
>> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sean Hopkins
>> Policy Analyst
>> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>>
>>
>>
>> Draft Policy ARIN-2017-10: Repeal of Immediate Need for IPv4 Address
>> Space (NRPM Section 4.2.1.6)
>>
>> Problem Statement:
>>
>> Section 4.2.1.6 of the ARIN Numbering Resource Policy Manual (NRPM)
>> provides that an ISP having an immediate need for IPv4 address space
>> that will be utilized within thirty days of a request may obtain a block
>> of IPv4 address space of the size specified in section 4.2.1.6 from ARIN
>> on an exceptional basis. However, as noted in the ARIN 40 Policy
>> Experience Report, since IPv4 exhaustion, obtaining IPv4 addresses in
>> this manner is no longer possible as a practical matter. Instead an ISP
>> must join the waiting list and wait until it reaches the front of the
>> queue to obtain any IPv4 address space, however long that may take. In
>> effect, section 4.2.1.6 is non-operative. Accordingly, its continued
>> presence in the NRPM is misleading and confusing.
>>
>> Policy statement:
>>
>> Section 4.2.1.6 of the NRPM is hereby repealed and section number
>> 4.2.1.6 is hereby retired.
>>
>> Comments:
>>
>> a. Timetable for implementation: Immediate
>>
>> b. Comments: Given the constraints created by the exhaustion of IPv4
>> addresses, this proposal does not require any changes in the current
>> ARIN practices for the allocation of IPv4 address space.
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