[arin-ppml] Revised: ARIN-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for Inter-RIR Transfers

[Brian Jones]

I support this policy as revised.

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Brian

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:35 PM ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:

> The following has been revised:
>
> * Draft Policy ARIN-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for Inter-RIR
> Transfers
>
> Revised text is below and can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_4.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-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for Inter-RIR
> Transfers
>
> Version Date: 6 September 2017
>
> Problem Statement:
>
> AFRINIC and LACNIC are currently considering one-way inter-RIR transfer
> proposals. Those RIR communities feel a one-way policy a policy that
> allows network operators in their regions to obtain space from another
> region and transfer it into AFRINIC and LACNIC may best meet the needs
> of the operators in that region.
>
> ARIN staff, in reply to an inquiry from AFRINIC, have formally indicated
> that ARINs 8.4 policy language will not allow ARIN to participate in
> such one-way transfers. The staff formally indicate to AFRINIC that the
> word reciprocal in 8.4 prohibits ARIN from allowing ARIN-registered
> space to transfer directly to AFRINIC (in this context).
>
> ARIN as a community should recognize that other RIR operator communities
> have different needs than we do. We should recognize that:
>
> - network operators in AFRINIC in LACNIC have need to obtain space in
> the market;
>
> - have reasons they think are important to not allow two-way transfers; and
>
> - we should understand that the history of the RIR system has led to
> LACNIC and AFRINIC having multiple orders of magnitude less IPv4 address
> space than ARIN does.
>
> Policy statement:
>
> Add the following sentence after the first sentence of NRPM 8.4:
>
> Inter-RIR transfers may take place to an RIR with a non-reciprocal
> inter-RIR transfer policy only when the recipient RIR has an IPv4 total
> inventory less than the average (mean) of the IPv4 total inventory among
> all of the RIRs.
>
> Timetable for implementation: Upon the ratification of any inter-RIR
> transfer policy at another RIR that is one-way as described in the
> problem statement.
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